Does having a bias actually sell newspapers?

Friday, September 4, 2015 - 12:30 in Psychology & Sociology

In recent years, there’s been plenty of discussion about bias in the media. Yet some of the most seemingly biased media and news organizations also have the largest viewership and readership. Can it be that people might complain about media bias, but actually enjoy receiving their news from a source that actually agrees with their own views? This was the question that authors asked in a recent study.

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