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Too true. It's almost as if the media consumer is expected to know in advance the "slant" of a source s/he is about to approach. Our local media (perhaps desperate for business) tend to lay out a good menu of coverage.
C.f. Some major sources each of which has a consistently "liberal" or "conservative" slant. (I don't recall having seen purely neutral coverage even at NPR.)
"Just the facts, ma'am!"
#1 Posted by fjpoblam, CJR on Sat 28 Jan 2012 at 09:00 PM