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Republicans and Democrats see news bias only in stories that clearly favor the other party

  • Written by Marjorie Hershey, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Indiana University
Republicans and Democrats see news bias only in stories that clearly favor the other partyIf you detect news media bias, that perception may be a result of your own bias.Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Charges of media bias – that “the media” are trying to brainwash Americans by feeding the public only one side of every issue – have become as common as campaign ads in the run-up to the midterm elections.

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