Author's Bias

Sometimes, certain facts will be cut out of a story, and others will be included.

• bias through omission

• bias through names and titles

• bias through geography

• bias through controlling the source

• bias through placement

Numbers can be manipulated to change the way we think about them.

• bias through omission

• bias through statistics

• bias through geography

• bias through word choice

• bias through controlling the source

Using positive or negative words can change how we feel about the news story.

• bias through omission

• bias through names and titles

• bias through geography

• bias through word choice

• bias through controlling the source

Where does the story originate? Who is the source of the story? Whose point of view are you hearing or reading?

• bias through controlling the source

• bias through names and titles

• bias through statistics

• bias through word choice

• bias through photos

Stories at the top of a webpage, or on the front page of a newspaper are seen as more important.

• bias through controlling the source

• bias through names and titles

• bias through placement

• bias through word choice

• bias through geography

The images of someone in the news can influence how we think about them.

• bias through controlling the source

• bias through names and titles

• bias through photos

• bias through word choice

• bias through omission

Our perception of everyday life can vary from country to country, or region to region.

• bias through controlling the source

• bias through geography

• bias through photos

• bias through word choice

• bias through placement

The way a person is described or labeled can influence how we think about them.

• bias through controlling the source

• bias through names and titles

• bias through photos

• bias through placement

• bias through geography

A candidate for office committed a small crime twenty years ago. Instead of telling their audience that he is now a doctor, the news instead calls him an , "Ex-criminal."

• bias through controlling the source

• bias through names and titles

• bias through photos

• bias through placement

• bias through statistics

An earthquake in California gets front page news, but an earthquake in Africa is put on page three.

• bias through controlling the source

• bias through names and titles

• bias through photos

• bias through placement

• bias through statistics