In this essay, we evaluate the case for competition in news markets from the perspective of economics. First, we consider the simple proposition that when more points of view are heard and defended, beliefs will converge to the truth. This concept of quot;competitionquot; is several steps...

In this paper, we analyze media consumption in nine predominantly Muslim countries, drawing on data from the 2002 Gallup Poll of the Islamic World. We first show that news consumers tend to gravitate towards sources with a perspective similar to their own. We then show that consumers with...