The hostile media bias (or effect) refers to the bias of the recipient, not the bias of the media. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostile_media_effect https://en

The hostile media bias (or effect) refers to the bias of the recipient, not the bias of the media. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostile_media_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostile_media_effect I.e. "hostile media" bias, not hostile "media bias". It is the phenomenon whereby an otherwise neutral article could be perceived as equally hostile or biased by either political side, based on their own biases and expectations regarding media agendas.