The politics of conservative elites and the 'liberal media' argument |
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| Authors: | D Domke MD Watts DV Shah DP Fan |
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| Affiliation: | School of Communications, University of Washington, USA;Abacus Associates;School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA;Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, University of Minnesota, USA |
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| Abstract: | Recent evidence suggests that conservative elites' claims of a liberal media are having an impact upon public perceptions of news coverage. With this in mind, we examined two related questions in the context of the 1988, 1992, and 1996 presidential elections. First, what factors may be prompting conservative elites to make allegations of liberal media bias? Second, what factors may influence when news media report these criticisms during presidential campaigns? Findings suggest that these criticisms of news media are at least partly strategic and reflect a dynamic relationship between political elites and journalists during a presidential campaign. |
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