Pyramids

Description

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. Keywords: Media Bias. JEL Classification: D23, L82.

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Series Statement

• Working paper series / Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics -- working paper 02-32
• Working paper (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Economics) -- no. 02-32.

Links

• http://ssrn.com/abstract=335800