If anyone is interested in a more academic (i.e., behavioral economics / information theory-based) discussion of "spin" or "slanting," I'd recommend this paper

If anyone is interested in a more academic (i.e., behavioral economics / information theory-based) discussion of "spin" or "slanting," I'd recommend this paper by Mullainathan and Shleifer: The Market for News http://www.economics.harvard.edu/faculty/shleifer/files/market_aea.pdf http://www.economics.harvard.edu/faculty/shleifer/files/mark...