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Bad News Bias in Gasoline Price Coverage

Saul Zimet

created: Jan. 7, 2025, 1:44 p.m. | updated: March 19, 2025, 5:36 p.m.

<p>&#8220;Very few TV programs mention gas prices when the nominal price is below $3.50 per gallon. Above this level, TV mentions of gas prices ramp up linearly, with each 50-cent increase in gas prices raising the coverage rate by 7.5 percentage points (p.p.). Alternatively put, while only 2.7 percent of transcriptions mention gas prices on [&#8230;]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://humanprogress.org/bad-news-bias-in-gasoline-price-coverage/">Bad News Bias in Gasoline Price Coverage</a> appeared first on <a href="https://humanprogress.org">Human Progress</a>.</p>

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