46,218 news transcripts show ideologically extreme politicians get more airtime
LLRX
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
Professors Joshua Darr , Jeremey Padgett and Johanna Dunaway research how changes in the media have shifted the incentives of elected officials and the considerations of voters, and what that means for American democracy. In recent work, they showed that extremely conservative and extremely liberal legislators receive far more airtime on cable and broadcast news than their moderate counterparts.
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