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Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News
Modern · Nonfiction, Politics, Journalism

Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News

by Bernard Goldberg
2001 · 238 pages · Nonfiction
13 Modern ★ 3.70 on Goodreads · 2K ratings
Reserve shelf
≈ 6 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day

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#1 New York Times bestseller (7 weeks at #1). 3.70★ from 2K Goodreads ratings.

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  • Readers1 out of 100 · counts 40%+0
  • Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
  • Bestseller36 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+13
  • Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0

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