East Coast Bias
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East Coast Bias is an expression referring to the tendency for sports writers in the United States to give greater weight and credibility to teams on the Eastern seaboard of the United States.
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New York serves as a major media hub, and for many good reasons carries significant weight with sports reporting. However, being situated three hours before the West Coast, there is a tendency for these East Coast-based reporters to neglect West Coast teams (by the time West Coast contests end, often, it is well past the bed time of East Coasters).
Examples of this bias are seen in broadcasting decisions (choosing to air East Coast teams over West or Midwest) and in the construction of polls for collegiate athletics.[1][2]
