Who's the Fairest of them All? An Empirical Test for Partisan Bias on ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox News

Presidential Studies Quarterly

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 631-657

  Groeling, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 85044814589     PISSN: 03604918     EISSN: 17415705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-5705.2008.02668.x     Document Type: Article

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