Understanding Bias Checkology Review

The producer of a news show inadvertently dedicates more air time to the political candidate of her choice who is polling at the same level as her preferred candidate.

• partisan bias

• demographic bias

• corporate bias

• neutrality bias

• "Big Story" bias

In a year of covering advances in cancer research, a health reporter quotes a number of doctors and experts of which only two of them are women.

• partisan bias

• corporate bias

• demographic bias

• neutrality bias

• "Big Story" bias

Senior editors at a local news outlet decide that allegations of corruption into their parent publishing company are not newsworthy for enough to warrant extensive coverage or to be featured on the front page. Instead they decide to run a short report in the business section.

• partisan bias

• demographic bias

• "The Big Story" bias

• corporate bias

• neutrality bias

A journalist who spends most of his time in urban settings travels to a nearby rural community to report on an environmental hazard there. In his report, he refers to the community as "a simple God-fearing slice of America".

• partisan bias

• demographic bias

• corporate bias

• neutrality bias

• "The Big Story" bias

A journalist is writing a piece on U.S. immigration policy which he agrees with and has strong opinions. So his personal believes do not tarnish his reporting, he includes in his article several citations, interviews, and studies that disagree with his position. He includes only one interview that supports the belief he holds.

• partisan bias

• demographic bias

• corporate bias

• neutrality bias

• "The Big Story" Bias

The President of the United States is scheduled to give a speech at a nearby memorial. A national news outlet breaks into the programming to report that there were shots fired on a Coast Guard vessel in the Ohio river. The story is quickly picked up news outlets even though information has not been confirmed. Later the coast guard reports that the shots were part of a training exercise.

• partisan bias

• demographic bias

• corporate bias

• neutrality bias

• "The Big Story" bias