Publication date 2003 ISBN 978-0-465-00177-4 Publisher Basic Books | Pages 322 Originally published 2003 Page count 322 Subject Media bias | |
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What Liberal Media?: The Truth About Bias and the News is a book by columnist Eric Alterman that challenges the widespread conservative belief in a liberal media bias. Alterman argues that the media, as a whole, is not biased liberally, but conservatively.
Critical response
The Los Angeles Times called the book, "A well-documented, even-tempered and witty answer, I might say antidote, to such toxic recent bestsellers as Bernard Goldberg's 'Bias.'"
Ted Widmer of the New York Times Book Review said "'What Liberal Media' is bold, counterintuitive and cathartic".
The New Yorker said of the book, "A polemic is nothing without passion , and Alterman's argumentative vigor is engaging [and]... the meticulous care with which his arguments are sourced and footnoted is in commendable contrast to the efforts of some of his more fire-breathing opponents."