- News bias
News bias is generally defined as slanting a
news story so to favor a side which has aninterest in aconflict .Accuracy in Media says:
*Bias is defined in one study as a "perceived attribute of a news source whereby the individual news source, or the group the news source represents, has a clear vested interest in a cause or action relative to maintaining or changing the status quo… (and) a biased journalistic perspective, then, would mean only one side, not two or more sides, of an issue is presented."Zogby says:
*The vast majority of American voters believe media bias is alive and well – 83% of likely voters said the media is biased in one direction or another, while just 11% believe the media doesn’t take political sides ... [http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1262]Influences and manifestations
*"The fact is, despite the journalistic ideal of "objectivity," every news story is influenced by the attitudes and background of its interviewers, writers, photographers and editors." [http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/handouts/broadcast_news/bw_bias_in_the_news.cfm]
*...the most common ways that bias manifests itself in the news are through word choice, omissions, the limiting of debate, framing of the story, and a biased selection and use of sources. [http://www.umich.edu/~newsbias/manifestations.html]
Notes
External links
* [http://www.umich.edu/~newsbias/manifestations.html Manifestations of Bias] - University of Michigan
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