In recent years, many books have been published about media bias. Liberals have published books proclaiming a conservative bias in the media, whereas conservatives have published books proclaiming a liberal bias in the media
The most likely social cognitive explanation for this occurrence is that
A) either one side or the other is deliberately misrepresenting the facts.
B) a self-fulfilling prophecy may exist on both sides.
C) different people often interpret the same events differently.
D) dispositional inferences are made by everyone
Answer: C
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