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Gentzkow, Matthew & Jesse M. Shapiro. 2007. “What Drives Media Slant? Evidence from U.S. Daily Newspapers.” Econometrica 78(1): 35–71.
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Would this method work for more politically extreme newspaper publications? #6

Open mbokanga opened 6 years ago

mbokanga commented 6 years ago

Basing the slant of a newspaper on its correspondence with words used by congresspeople makes sense for publications within the political mainstream, but would fail for far left or right publications. At the extremes, the language used is different than that employed by existing politicians, for the most part. How could we establish the behavior of those firms and whether they are driven by consumer demand or owner ideology?