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WHAT IS BIAS?
A positive or negative attitude towards something,
often based on pre-conceived prejudices or viewpoints
rather than evidence
WHAT IS PREJUDICE?
Prejudgment, or forming an opinion before becoming
aware of the relevant facts of a case.
PREJUDICE
refers to something that you hate completely
BIAS
Egotistical
Proud
Confident
Scrawny
Underweight
Slender
SIGNIFICANCE
NEWS
where we learn about and understand whats going on
in the world, is supposed to be
objective
and unbiased
MEDIA CRITICISM
the act of closely examining and judging the media.
MEDIA BIAS
the perception that the media is reporting the news
MEDIA BIAS
One-sided
Lacks neutrality
story
often associated with political news stories
the credentials
Not all labeling is biased or wrong, only when one side
is labeled and the other is not.
Reuters
In the story,
legislators are
attempting to make
any form of
segregation illegal,
including the
unofficial sort which
has been happening
in certain sectors of
the ultra-Orthodox
headlines
the use of positive or negative words, or words with a
8 VIOLATIONS OF MEDIA
OBJECTIVITY
1. MISLEADING DEFINITIONS
prejudicing readers through language
8 VIOLATIONS OF MEDIA
OBJECTIVITY
2. IMBALANCED REPORTING
distorting news through disproportionate coverage
presenting only one side of the story
8 VIOLATIONS OF MEDIA
OBJECTIVITY
3. OPINIONS DISGUISED AS NEWS
injecting opinion or interpretation into coverage
8 VIOLATIONS OF MEDIA
OBJECTIVITY
4. LACK OF CONTEXT
without a frame of reference for readers,journalists
AFP:
Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian teen in West Bank
Irish Times:
Palestinian protester shot dead in West Bank
New York Times:
Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Teenager in West Bank
Reuters:
Israeli officer kills stone-throwing Palestinian youth in West
Bank
8 VIOLATIONS OF MEDIA
OBJECTIVITY
5. SELECTIVE OMISSION
Reporting certain events over others, or withholding
key details.
8 VIOLATIONS OF MEDIA
OBJECTIVITY
6. USING TRUE FACTS TO DRAW FALSE
CONCLUSIONS
Infecting news with flawed logic
8 VIOLATIONS OF MEDIA
OBJECTIVITY
7. DISTORTION OF FACTS
Getting the facts wrong
8 VIOLATIONS OF MEDIA
OBJECTIVITY
8. LACK OF TRANSPARENCY
Failing to be open and accountable to readers.