| 来源类型 | Journal Publication
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| 规范类型 | 其他
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| Is newspaper coverage of economic events politically biased? |
| Kevin A. Hassett; John R. Lott
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| 发表日期 | 2014-03-27
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| 出版年 | 2014
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| 语种 | 英语
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| 摘要 | Abstract
This paper develops an econometric technique to test for political bias in news reports that controls for the underlying character of the news reported. Because of the changing availability of the number of newspapers in Nexis/Lexis, two sets of time are examined: from January 1991 to May 2004 and from January 1985 to May 2004. Our results suggest that American newspapers tend to give more positive coverage to the same economic news when Democrats are in the White House than when Republicans are; a similar though smaller effect is found for Democratic control of Congress. Our results reject the claim that “reader diversity is a powerful force toward accuracy.” When all types of news are pooled into a single analysis, our results are significant. However, the results vary greatly depending upon which types of economic data are being reported. When newspapers are examined individually the only support that Republicans appear to obtain is from the president’s home state newspapers during his term. This is true for the Houston Chronicle under both Bushes and the Los Angeles Times during the Reagan administration. Contrary to rational expectations, media coverage affects people’s perceptions of the economy.
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| 主题 | Economics
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| 标签 | Policy Papers
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| URL | https://www.aei.org/research-products/journal-publication/is-newspaper-coverage-of-economic-events-politically-biased-2/
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| 来源智库 | American Enterprise Institute (United States)
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物
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| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/209100
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Kevin A. Hassett,John R. Lott. Is newspaper coverage of economic events politically biased?. 2014.
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