• TV Week, Wednesday, March 14, 2007 11:15 AM

Even following the repudiation of their philosophy by American voters last fall, right-wing voices still dominate the broadcast networks' Sunday morning newsmaker shows. That's according to a report form watchdog group Media Matters for America, titled "If It's Sunday, It's Still Conservative."

Media Matters found that ABC's "This Week With George Stephanapoulos" was the only program to have improved its overall balance since the last report. And even there, the debate still "skewed to the right." In addition, CBS' "Face the Nation With Bob Schieffer," along with NBC's "Meet the Press With Tim Russert" and "Fox News Sunday" are "dominated by more right-leaning voices" since the last report.

A handful of Democratic Congressmen wrote the executive producers of the shows asking them to even the balance, noting that reporters for conservative pubs are featured far more often than reporters for progressive ones. According to the letter the shows "occupy "a singular place in our political culture ... Consistently booking Republicans and conservatives in higher numbers than Democrats and progressives gives the public a skewed and imbalanced perception of the national discourse."

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