The particular skepticism of government / University research stems from
a perceived liberal bias in universities and a political bias in government institutions.
Not exact matches
Indeed, even on this point Arendt's touchstone was not only the mission of the Congress for Cultural Freedom but also what she
perceived as its
bias against those thinkers of German
liberal extraction, such as Paul Tillich and herself.
The move to cut these programs is about symbolic grievances and
perceived bias and a result that gets these agencies funded in a manner that causes these agencies to be more apolitical or to try to be more balanced on a
liberal - conservative perspective would be considered a win by the partisans on the right.
As the above figure indicates, the difference in
perceived consensus between the left and right can be explained by Kahan's preferred cultural
bias explanation, but the «
liberal consensus gap» can't.