American journalism sounds much more Democratic than Republican
Whether this reflects bias or reality is in the eye of the beholder
Public trust in American media has plummeted since the 1990s. Most of this decline is among conservatives, spurred by Republican charges of liberal bias from avowedly non-partisan outlets. Such claims are hard to assess fairly: stories viewed by one party as following the facts are often seen by the other as ideological.
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This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Bias or reality?”
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