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Partisanship in Editorial Pages

Via The Horse, we learn that The Shorenstein Center has released a new study on partisanship in newspaper editorial pages. The study was written by Michael Tomasky in the Spring of 2003. Tomasky will become the Executive Editor of American Prospect on September 1.

The study was conducted using four major liberal and conservative editorial pages in the U.S. The findings?

...Conservative editorial pages are far less willing to criticize a Republican administration than liberal pages are willing to take issue with a Democratic administration.

You can access the full report here.

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