How Can You Spot Bias in a Newspaper?
8 Key words
1) Bias through choice of photos caption and camera angles
- Does the person look empowered? Weak? Foolish? etc
- For example, Jeremy here is portrayed in a\ bad way as they have edited him into a bin highlighting there hate towards him.
2) Bias through placement
- Is it on the front page or hidden on page 15? How long/thorough is this article?
- For example here a right wing paper has put an anti left wing topic front page to emphasize there hatred of them.
3) Bias through word choice and tone
- is it sympathetic or critical
4) Bias through headlines - what is the headline article and how is the article pitched through the headline?
5)Bias through source control - who have they inter
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