... journalists twist news coverage. S. Robert Lichter, the center's founder and president, is a former fellow at the conservative American Enterprise Institute. To raise seed money for the center, Lichter relied on direct-mail endorsements from such right-wing idols as Ronald Reagan, Pat Buchanan, and Pat Robertson. Lichter has gradually worked toward broader acknowledgment of his organization's impartiality, by associating himself with ... legendary in Washington. That same enmity infected the coverage of Democratic nominee Al Gore during the 2000 presidential election. False stories desi...

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