Always nice to see your priors confirmed: nytimes.com/2021/03/24/bri…
“When Covid cases were rising in the U.S., the news coverage emphasized the increase. When cases were falling, the coverage instead focused on those places where cases were rising. And when vaccine research began showing positive results, the coverage downplayed it,...”
The coverage by U.S. publications with a national audience has been much more negative than coverage by any other source that the researchers analyzed, including scientific journals, major international publications and regional U.S. media.
“The most well-read U.S. media are outliers in terms of their negativity,” Molly Cook, a co-author of the study, told me.
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