... labeled in the media than liberals "because journalists regard liberalism as normal and conservatism as deviant. Typically, Goldberg offered no research to confirm this observation. Put to the empirical test by Geoffrey Nunberg, a Stanford professor of linguistics and research scientist, Goldberg's assertions proved to be totally false as far as major newspapers are concerned. Using a database that includes the twenty ... conservatives."" To his surprise he found that the average liberal had "a better than 30 percent greater likelihood of being given a political label than the average c...

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