Weekly Example of Media Bias - November 11, 2015
1. Do you think the media's attempts to show that Dr. Ben Carson was not honest are a biased attempt to discredit him, or good investigative journalism aimed at giving voters what they need to know about one of the presidential candidates? Explain your answer.
2. Do you think the media has investigated Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton with the same tenacity and scrutiny? Explain your answer.
3. In a press conference on Nov. 6, Dr. Carson asked reporters:
I do not remember this level for scrutiny for one President Barack Obama when he was running. In fact, I remember just the opposite. [Obama] goes to Occidental college. Doesn’t do all that well, and somehow ends up in Columbia University. [You say] ‘Eh, I don’t know.’ His records are sealed. … Why are you guys not interested in why his records are sealed?
Will someone tell me please why you have not investigated that. You should want to know, too. He’s president of the United States. You’re saying that something that happened with the words of scholarship that was offered [to me] is a big deal, but the president — his academic records being sealed — is not?
Do you think Dr. Carson is correct when he asserts the media has a double standard between presidential candidate Barack Obama and presidential candidate Ben Carson? Explain your answer. (Watch Dr. Carson in his own words in an interview with CNN on Nov. 6)