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There is such a thing as media bias, and it’s not good for you.

Those liberal leanings distort the news in subtle but telling ways. Groseclose dissects a 2006 story in the Los Angeles Times that linked a record low number of black freshmen at UCLA to the passage 10 years earlier of Proposition 209, a ballot initiative that forbids public institutions from considering race in admissions and hiring. The reporter, Rebecca Trounson, had quoted six sources, not for factual information but for their opinions. Five of those ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by John Hamer - Aug 12, 2011 - 10:24 AM PDT
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by John Hamer - Aug. 12, 2011

Journalists should constantly question themselves and their biases. This thorough review of a new book challenges them to do that. Can anyone refute any part of this book? If so, let's hear it.

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