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In this study of Time, Newsweek, and The Nation, the authors found tha
t the mainstream news magazines offer little strategic opposition to f
undamental administration policies in foreign affairs, but that The Na
tion offers substantial oppositional critiques. They conclude that aud
iences must consult alternative as well as mainstream publications in
order to experience rich debate in foreign policy relations.