Mark Hertsgaard

AllSides Media Bias Rating™: Lean Left
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Mark Hertsgaard
Bias Rating Lean Left
Type Author
Region National
Website thenation.com/authors/mark-hertsgaard
Twitter @markhertsgaard
What a Lean Left Bias Rating Means

The source displays media bias in ways that moderately align with liberal, progressive, or left-wing thought and/or policy agendas.

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About Mark Hertsgaard's Bias Rating

Mark Hertsgaard is a author source with an AllSides Media Bias Rating™ of Lean Left.

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Mark Hertsgaard is the executive director of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism initiative committed to more and better coverage of the climate story. He is also the environment correspondent for The Nation and author of books including HOT: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth. (The Nation)

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