The Glasgow University Media Group (GUMG) found that, in the 1970s, the vast majority of journalists working in the national media were white, middle-class or upper-class men. In their research into media content over many years, they have identified many examples of the media taking the side of the powerful in various disputes, even when the media is apparently attempting to be neutral and objective. They see these two things as entirely connected: the media takes a generally conservative line on the issues of the day, because the people who make the news come from a section of society that is generally conservative (and benefits materially from maintaining the status quo). The social diversity of the newsmakers has not changed as it may seem. 51% of top journalists in Britain are privately educated, compared with 7% of the population. Only 19% of top journalists went to comprehensive schools, compared with 90% of their readers. 94% are white, and 55% are men. It is suggested that social diversity in the media industry is getting worse rather than better, as the decline of local newspapers has removed one route that working-class people could take into a journalism career.