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Study Hints That Media Might Be Biased Toward Rich People

Were you aware that the term "class warfare" could just as easily describe attacks directed by the rich against the poor as those made by the poor against the rich? Not if you get your news from the mainstream media, according to Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR). A recent survey of major news organizations' use of the phrase shows that "it was almost 18 times more likely to describe bottom-up action-rhetoric or policy decisions perceived as benefiting the poor or lower classes-than it was to describe top-down action (90 percent vs. 5 percent of occurrences)." Let's all look surprised!