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浙江大学学报(人文社会科学版) 2010
Slanting While Framing the News
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Abstract:
The myth of the liberal media in America has led to a popular public perception that journalists serve as a watchdog of the government for the people.This liberal bias has been challenged by an increasing number of scholars.The case of the mainstream news coverage of the 2007 debate over reauthorization and expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) reveals that journalists slant while framing the news.Over and above the basic question of whether the coverage is explicitly positive o...