What media bias? Conservative and liberal labeling in major U.S. newspapers

Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-36

  Eisinger, Robert M ^a   Veenstra, Loring R ^a   Koehn, John P ^a  

^a LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Media bias; Political labeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846556252     PISSN: 1081180X     EISSN: 1531328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1081180X06297460     Document Type: Article

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