Question

Sonia is a Democrat and wanted Hillary Clinton to win the presidential election and be the first female president. Renee is conservative and voted for Republican candidate Donald Trump. Sonia and Renee watch a lot of news coverage of the election, and both feel that media presentations are biased. According to research by Vallone and colleagues (1985), how are Sonia and Renee likely to think that the media is biased?

Answer 1

Renee thinks the media is biased against Trump, and Sonia thinks the media is biased against Clinton; people tend to think media coverage is biased against their preferred causes.