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In the debate about media bias, the epic battle that was sparked in an interview between Chris Wallace and Jon Stewart two weekends ago continued on Fox News Sunday.

In the original interview, which was cordial for the most part, Wallace asked Stewart a pointed question.
 
“Over the years,” said Wallace, “you have called us [Fox News]... ‘a biased organization, relentlessly promoting an ideological agenda, under the rubric of being a news organization.’ ...Are you willing to say the same thing about the mainstream media â€" about ABC, CBS, NBC, Washington Post, the New York Times?”

“No,” Stewart responded vigorously.

As a political science professor at an elite, urban, West Coast university, I am perhaps the least likely person to take Wallace’s side instead of Stewart’s. However, not only do I agree with Wallace, I think he has actually understated things: According to my research, the leftward bias of the! mainstream media is greater than the rightward bias of Fox News.

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