Editing Media bias (section)

== Politics ==
Academic studies tend not to confirm a popular media narrative of liberal journalists producing a left-leaning media bias in the U.S., though some studies suggest economic incentives may have that effect. Instead, the studies reviewed by [[S. Robert Lichter]] generally found the media to be a conservative force in politics.<ref name=":17">{{cite book |last=Lichter |first=S. Robert |author-link=Samuel Robert Lichter |title=The Oxford Handbook of Political Communication |date=2018 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=9780199984350 |editor1-last=Kenski |editor1-first=Kate |series=Oxford Handbooks Online |location=Oxford; New York |pages=412 |chapter=Theories of Media Bias |doi=10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199793471.013.44 |oclc=959803808 |quote=...much popular media criticism has posited that journalists' personal attitudes produce a liberal tilt in their coverage. Most scholarly studies have failed to support this conclusion, however, and the increasing public perception of liberal media bias has been linked to audience biases and strategic efforts by conservative elites. However, recent studies have rekindled this debate, while attributing biased coverage to economic incentives rather than journalists' mindsets. |editor2-last=Jamieson |editor2-first=Kathleen Hall |editor2-link=Kathleen Hall Jamieson}}</ref>