Types of Media Bias

Leaving out one side of an article is called _____ bias. 

• Omission
• Source
• Placement
• Spin

This type of bias occurs when a reporter uses the phrase "experts believe."

• Omission
• Placement
• Selection of Sources
• Story Selection

Printing stories released by a liberal group, while ignoring similar studies published by conservatives. 

• Omission
• Placement
• Spin
• Story Selection

This type of bias is a measure of how important the editor thinks the story is: 

• Spin
• Omission
• Placement
• Story Selection

This type of bias occurs when a story has only one interpretation of an event or policy. 

• Labeling
• Spin
• Omission
• Placement

This type of bias involves tagging of conservative groups, while leaving opposing groups untagged. 

• Spin
• Placement
• Labeling
• Selection of Sources

A reporter's subjective comments about objective facts; makes one side's ideological perspective look better than another

• Omission
• Placement
• Spin
• Story Selection

This type of bias includes leaving one side of an article, or a series of articles, over a period of time.

• Spin
• Placement
• Omission
• Labeling

This type of bias occurs when there is a pattern of highlighting news stories that coincide with the agenda of either the Left or Right, while ignoring stories that coincide with the opposing view.

• Selection of Sources
• Story Selection
• Placement
• Omission

If the "expert" is properly called a "conservative" or a "liberal" the news consumer can take that ideological slant into account when evaluating the accuracy of an assertion...

• Spin
• Placement
• Omission
• Labeling