Bias, Bias, Everywhere, and not a Truth to Think!! Part I
Directions: The purpose of this section is to pull together as many influences and manifestations of bias or limited perspective as possible, from two different news companies reporting on the SAME event. The following articles are reporting on the same event, but beware their bias or limited perspective might cloud the truth. With your partner, read the selected articles and determine the bias displayed in both articles. Once you have done this, consider how the same thinking process can be applied to other news stories that you come across in your life.
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Bias Techniques: |
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| Omissions – Leaving information out by cutting quotes, omitting specific details, etc | Sources – Where the text, quote, witness, statistic, etc came from |
| Word Choice – Using words to heighten or soften reader reaction | Limiting Debate – Preventing all sides of an issue, event, idea, from being explored |
While you are reading and comparing these articles please consider the following questions:
1. Who wrote these articles and why?
2. How are these articles presenting the same story? What are the similarities and differences?
3. Why do these three news companies have any differences?
4. Do these differences affect the truth?