Media Bias Test Review

True or False: People cannot help being biased.

• True

• False

Bias that is passed down from generation to generation is called ___________.

• inherent bias

• generational bias

• Grandma's bias

• social bias

Favoring or disfavoring groups of people based on factors like race, gender, religion, disability, etc. is known as ____________.

• political bias

• social bias

• inherent bias

• cultural bias

The bias that is about supporting or opposing a political party or ideology is known as ___________.

• social bias

• inherent bias

• cultural bias

• political bias

The type of bias that relates to a preference or intolerance for something based on your society's cultural standards is known as ________.

• political bias

• inherent bias

• cultural bias

• social bias

People sometimes FEAR bias because _________.

• they think the news outlet is skewing the truth or manipulating them

• the reporter is unattractive

• they don't know what is going on in the world

• their parents never taught them about politics

Sometimes people actually CHOOSE bias by _________________

• subscribing to the Bias Channel

• only following news sources with their own point of view

• not listening to the news

• talking to news reporters

True or False: Being able to recognize bias gives you the upper hand when dealing with the news.

• True

• False

When a journalist tells all sides of a story, they are using the tool of __________.

• verification

• word choice

• fairness

• framing

If a journalist is aware of their own ______________, they can cleanse their stories of bias.

• fairness

• assumptions

• framing

• verification