choose when they cover the same high-level topics. For example, when covering abortion issues, Reason tends to use the term ‘abortion law,’ while CNN underscores its ideological position by using the term ‘abortion rights.’ On a higher level they are both talking about abortion issues, but you can feel the subtle difference in the words that they choose.”3 I can think of several instances of word choice bias of the top of my head: gun control/gun rights, illegal aliens/migrants, war in Iraq/war on Iraq. There are several ways to tell the same story, but sometimes, they end up not actually
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