Published on July 12, 2019.
As a continuation of the previous chapter, this passage examines why the University of Tokyo is often perceived as having many left-wing scholars, arguing that the impression is strengthened by the selection bias of major media outlets.
It highlights the difference between absolute numbers and ratios, the value of quantitative analysis, and the importance of choosing a university based on whether it preserves a culture of scholarship independent from politics.

2019-07-12
The misunderstanding that there are many leftists arises, I believe, because the major mass media, which are uniformly biased to the left, prefer to feature University of Tokyo faculty members whose ideology matches their own, thereby reinforcing that impression.
What follows is a continuation of the previous chapter.
Why the University of Tokyo appears “left-wing.”
Another misunderstanding found in conservative discourse is the idea that there are many leftists at the University of Tokyo.
In the survey cited at the beginning, the absolute number was certainly large, but that is because the denominator is large, and as a ratio it is not especially high.
Even so, I believe the misunderstanding that there are many leftists arises because the major mass media, which are uniformly biased to the left, prefer to feature University of Tokyo faculty members whose ideology matches their own, thereby reinforcing that impression.
In fact, I have had academic exchanges with a number of humanities scholars at the University of Tokyo specializing in political science, sociology, and related fields, and every one of them is conducting fine research worthy of being called social “science.”
Quantitative analysis may be useful also in the sense that it helps dispel misunderstandings produced by media bias.
As a faculty member of the University of Tsukuba, I should also note that our university ranks seventh among the seventy-five universities in placing importance on independence from politics.　
Recently, various economic magazines have often published rankings such as universities that are advantageous for employment.
It is all right to choose a university on such a cash-value basis, but one can also choose a university on the basis of whether it preserves a culture of free scholarship independent from politics.
Those who have such elevated tastes are strongly encouraged to refer to the survey results introduced in this article.
Mr. Hideki Kakeya was born in Osaka Prefecture in Shōwa 45 (1970). He graduated from the Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo. He completed the doctoral course in the Department of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Graduate School of Engineering, at the same university. Doctor of Engineering. His specialty is media engineering. He is currently an associate professor in the Faculty of Engineering, Information and Systems at the University of Tsukuba. His books include What Is Scholarship? The Ethics of Experts, Media, and Science and Technology (Daigaku Kyoiku Shuppan) and The Lies of Scholars (SB Creative), among others.