News Media Bias & Finding Sources

What is bias in the media?

• Showing two sides of the argument

• News reported in a partial/prejudiced manner

• Only providing facts

Selecting certain people to be interviewed is

• Bias through selection and omission

• Bias through placement

• Bias through source control

• Bias through crowd counts

Williams was involved in a slightly more entertaining semi-final... is

• Bias through use of names/titles

• Bias through word choice and tone

• Bias through placement

• Bias through crowd counts

'More than 900 people attended the event' is

• Bias through selection and omission

• Bias through placement

• Bias through source control

• Bias through crowd counts

'It is a moral outrage...' is bias through

• Word Choice and Tone

• Placement

• Source Control

• Headline

Bias in the media can influence the reader to feel

• positively towards an issue

• negatively towards an issue

• either positively or negatively toward

Where a story appears in the newspaper or during the news segment is

• Bias through use of names/titles

• Bias through word choice and tone

• Bias through placement

• Bias through crowd counts

An editor can express bias by choosing some or none of a story what is this?

• Bias through selection and omission

• Bias through placement

• Bias through source control

• Bias through crowd counts

When the news calls someone who was in jail for a minor offense an "ex-con"

• Bias through Placement

• Bias by Headline

• Bias through Names and Titles

• Bias by statistics

"Health Facts brought to you by the Avocado Growers of America" could be bias because

• Bias through Placement

• Bias through Source Control

• Bias through Selection and Omission

• Bias through Word Choice