"Media Matters"; by Jamison Foser

Playing with fireIn 1971, Edith Efron purported to expose the liberal bias ofthe news media in The News Twisters. The dubiousness ofEfron's conclusion was matched by that of her methods, and criticalreaction was harsh. But,under orders from Richard Nixon, Chuck Colson spent $8,000 buying copies of thebook in order to vault it onto the New YorkTimes best-sellerlist.Even before Efron's book was published, underminingthe news media was among Nixon's top priorities. In 1969, Nixon aide Pat Buchanan[...]

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