Media Bias and Rhetorical Slanters Review

A call-in radio shows solicits audience participation in a survey on a controversial topic (abortion, affirmative action, gun control, etc.). The radio show plays responses of people who have strong opinions on one side making it look like a larger percentage of callers took that one viewpoint. This is an example of what kind of bias? 

• Statistics & Crowd Count
• Placement
• Headline
• Selection & Omission

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CCSS.RL.5.6

Adidas releases an article to the news about how their new shoe will help basketball players run faster and jump higher. They also have a demonstration to show off their new shoe in a basketball expo. The company spokesman is quoted saying the shoes are “crazy light, lightest ever.” This is an example of which type of bias?  

• Placement
• Photos, Captions and Camera Angles
• Source Control 
• Statistics and Crowd Count

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CCSS.RL.5.6

A news outlet prominently places a news story about a high school student that is arrested for hacking into the school computer system as it coincides with their agenda to show how student make poor choices while 'burying' articles that show students helping rebuild houses with Habitat for Humanity.  What kind of bias is this? 

• Source Control
• Placement
• Headline
• Selection and Omission

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CCSS.RL.5.6

An editor publishes an article titled, “Are the Rich Paying Their Fair Share” to highlight a point from the Democratic debate. What kind of bias is this? 

• Statistics and Crowd Count
• Photos, Captions, and Camera Angles
• Selection and Omission
• Headline

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CCSS.RL.5.6

The media leaves out one side of a story, or one aspect of a story. A local shelter is underfunded and therefore understaffed, so the reporter does not include this information in the article because she didn't want to criticize the city or the shelter workers. What kind of bias is this?

• Statistics and Crowd Count
• Selection and Omission
• Photos, Captions, and Camera Angles
• Placement

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CCSS.RL.5.6

• Photos, Captions, and Camera Angles
• Placement
• Headline
• Source Control

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

• Placement
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• Selection and Omission
• Photos, Captions, and Camera Angles

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

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CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Nasa releases information about the Kepler’s signal to spark renewed interest in space exploration and raise the question of alien life on other planets or their moons. 

• Source Control
• Selection and Omission
• Statistics and Crowd Count
• Headline

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

…it’s worth remembering that we are seeing the light from the star that was generated about 1,500 years ago — it’s approximately 1,500 light years away, so it’s taken light that long to travel the distance… 

• Statistics and Crowd Count
• Placement
• Selection and Omission
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Near the end of the article, the writers admit that the signals they received were just a strange phenomenon
“… All these ideas are pure conjecture as we don’t have the faintest clue as to whether there’s any other life form out there, let alone an intelligent civilization building solar energy collectors around a certain F-type star in our little corner of the galaxy. But as we look deeper into the cosmos through an increasingly defined lens, we’re changing our perspective on the universe.”

• Source Control
• Selection and OmissionSelection and Omission
• Placement
• Statistics and Crowd Count

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10