Yes, many on the right like to blame all poor, negative or shallow religion coverage on this fourth bias. They note surveys indicating that about nine out of 10 journalists back abortion rights and a large majority supports gay rights. Journalists insist this does not affect news, but evidence suggests that it does. This affects how much space is given to religion and who is assigned to cover this complicated subject. Sad, but true.
Television remains a void, when it comes to serious religion coverage.
D.C. He teaches journalism and communications at Milligan College in Tennessee. Portions of this article were taken from 1992 lectures by the author at Wheaton College in Illinois.