The Varieties of Media Bias, Part 1

MSNBC.com blogger and Nation columnist Eric Alterman has written an entire book, What Liberal Media?, attacking what he calls the myth of the "so-called liberal media" (or in Alterman's parlance, the SCLM). Critics who bat right make—surprise!—a parallel set of claims. They say the press slants left on the abortion issue, sympathizes with ... ................
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