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100			_aSchudson, Michael
245			_aSocial origins of press cynicism in portraying politics
260			_c1999
300			_ap.998-1008
362			_aMar
520			_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
650			_aPress - United States
650			_aPress
773			_aAmerican Behavioral Scientist
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999			_c41122 _d41122