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The Conversation

Is news bias fueled by journalists supplying slanted views or readers’ demanding them?

In this article by economics professor Tin Leung on “liberal bias” in media, Leung shares findings from research conducted with his colleague, economics professor Koleman Sturmpf. The two looked at how bias plays out in two of America’s leading newspapers: The New York Times, which people commonly believe leans left, and The Wall Street Journal, which is often viewed as leaning right. They analyzed more than 100,000 articles from both newspapers, as well as 22 million tweets linking to them, to tease out the factors that influence how long articles remain on digital homepages.

December 17, 2024

Bloomberg Environment

Environmental enforcement to evolve, but not vanish under Trump

Environmental enforcement is almost certain to dip under President-elect Donald Trump, but that doesn’t mean the EPA won’t keep looking for violations-just different ones, former agency officials say. The EPA might try to target groups that got billions of dollars in funding under the climate or infrastructure laws, surmised Stan Meiburg, a longtime EPA staffer and former acting deputy administrator. An easier path might be to scrutinize grant recipients “under the rubric of fraud, waste and abuse,” said Meiburg, now executive director of Wake Forest University’s environment and sustainability center.

January 3, 2025