00976pab a2200145 454500008004000000100002200040245006000062260000900122300001500131362000800146520060600154650002600760650001000786773003400796180718b1999   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aSchudson, Michael  aSocial origins of press cynicism in portraying politics  c1999  ap.998-1008  aMar  aScholars and journalists both confirm that the U.S. news media have grown increasingly cynical in portraying politics over the past generation. There is an antipolitics bias as well as a corporate tilt toward infotainment. But why? This article argues that journalists' apparent cynicism stems from the same factors that have made news increasingly plentiful, credible, and analytical. These factors include journalists' declining deference to authority, greater professionalism, growing emphasis on thematic coherence, and greater insistence on providing coherent and comprehensive news. - Reproduced  aPress - United States  aPress  aAmerican Behavioral Scientist