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MEDIA BIAS ALERT: Left-rated media didn't cover PayPal's new (and since-retracted) misinformation policy, displaying story choice bias, while right-rated media tended to frame the policy negatively.

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, and Washington Post covered the story, but overall, the story was covered much more by right-rated outlets. None of the outlets on the left mentioned PayPal’s pre-existing policy on hate and intolerance. Left-rated outlets focused more on the backlash to the policy from conservatives, while right-rated outlets inserted their own commentary about the egregiousness of the bill into their news reporting. “Right-wing politicians in the US have long accused major tech firms of censoring conservative voices, with social media giants such as Twitter Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc.

 

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