
A new study shows how newsroom and audience diversity affects coverage of political candidates
A new study shows how newsroom and audience diversity affects coverage of political candidates
For newsrooms ranking among the 10th percentile, the predicted probability of receiving positive trait coverage for non-white candidates was about 3.12% higher than that for white candidates. For news media ranking among the 90th percentile, the predicted probability of receiving positive trait coverage was 4.86% lower for non-white candidates than for white candidates.
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