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Ridgewood NJ, in a new a new National Bureau of Economic Research paper says the media here in the U.S. went too far and created a climate of fear and even panic. In their paper titled “Why Is All COVID-19 News Bad News?” Scholars from Dartmouth College and Brown University analyzed the tone of COVID-19 related news articles written since January 1. They found a big difference in the way US media covered the pandemic compared to media in other countries.
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