WorksheetsVenezuela & Media Bias 4
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
This type of media bias occurs when the story has only one interpretation of and event or policy to the exclusion of the other.
Spin
Story Placement
Labeling
Omission
When the Greenland glacier was thinning, "National Geographic" put it on the front page and proclaimed it was definitive proof of global warming. However, the recent evidence of the glacier growing more ice was not mentioned. This is an example of what type of bias?
Omission
Labeling
Spin
Placement
What type of bias do CBS, ABC and NBC display in 93% of their reports on the crisis in Venezuela?
Omission
Placement
Labeling
Story Selection
According to today's notes, how many Venezuelan industries were nationalized (besides oil)
2
4
6
8
According to a NBC news report (in our reading) , what is the Venezuelan inflation rate?
1.7 million %
17%
1700%
425%
What is the "S" word that many of the news organization failed to mention in reporting on problems in Venezuela?
Shortages
Supplies
Socialism
Sadness
Former leader of Venezuela, elected in 1999 and died in 2013.
Chavez
Maduro
Bolsnaro
Castro
Current leader of Venezuela, was handpicked by former leader.
Chavez
Maduro
Bolsnaro
Castro
Emotionalism/Sensationalism is a type of media bias where:
information is presented in a way that gives a shock or makes a deep impression
the media interviews an eyewitness
the media only uses "objective" facts
the story is presented in a balanced manner.
Identify all types of Media Bias
Spin
Labeling
Opinion
Story Selection
