Media Bias

Sendhil Mullainathan and Andrei Shleifer

No 9295, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: There are two different types of media bias. One bias, which we refer to as ideology, reflects a news outlet's desire to affect reader opinions in a particular direction. The second bias, which we refer to as spin, reflects the outlet's attempt to simply create a memorable story. We examine competition among media outlets in the presence of these biases. Whereas competition can eliminate the effect of ideological bias, it actually exaggerates the incentive to spin stories.

JEL-codes: D23 L82 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002-10
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Published as Sendhil Mullainathan & Andrei Shleifer, 2005. "The Market for News," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 95(4), pages 1031-1053, September.

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Journal Article: The Market for News (2005)
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