Getting it right? Not in 59 percent of stories

Newspaper Research Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 10-24

  Maier, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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EID: 1842732989     PISSN: 07395329     EISSN: 23764791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/073953290202300102     Document Type: Article

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