Who Slants More
August 08, 2003
Is the media liberal, or does it swing to the right? The perennial argument over media bias is as hot as ever, but a new study from Harvard's Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press is offering some rare empirical data to the mix. New York magazine columnist Michael Tomasky conducted the study, and found that conservative editorial pages are far less willing to criticize Republicans than liberal pages are to take on the Democrats. He shares his findings with Bob.
