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"We show that these effects stem in part from a bias we call partisan coverage filtering, wherein partisan outlets selectively report information, leading viewe
by IceMetalPunk 5y ago
"We show that these effects stem in part from a bias we call partisan coverage filtering, wherein partisan outlets selectively report information, leading viewers to learn a biased set of facts."
I'm all for science and experimentation, but uh... duh? I thought we already knew this, since there's been a term for it for a long time: selection bias.
Or are they saying they discovered that biased media specifically works on selection bias? Because I thought that was pretty obvious, too.
- car_analogy 5y agoIt's especially ironic to call out selection bias in a study that itself examines only one side - they did not look at what happens if you expose CNN viewers to a month of FOX News, or NYTimes readers to a month of amren.