Weekly Example of Media Bias - November 4, 2020
1. What type of bias do you think the "Big 3" (ABC, CBS, NBC) display in their reporting on businesses across the country preparing for potential riots?
Nora O’Donnell says “Security is being tightened all over the country over concerns of unrest after the election,” implying that there will be unrest no matter who wins (that Biden supporters or Trump supporters would riot if their candidate does not win)
NPR reported Nov. 2: "From coast to coast, cities are preparing for possible protests, civil unrest and violence, regardless of the election's outcome. ... Groups on all sides of the political spectrum are planning election night demonstrations, and the very real possibility that the results might not be known for days or weeks after Election Day could escalate tensions."
Antifa and some BLM protesters were responsible for the ransacking, looting, burning or destruction of businesses in multiple cities across the country over the summer (and still ongoing in several cities).
2. Why do you think the ABC reporters chose not to report on businesses across the country boarding up in preparation for riots?
3. Why do you think CBS and NBC reported on the protective preparations, but did not report on Antifa being behind the expected rioting?
4. a) Do you think Trump supporters will smash windows, loot and destroy businesses if Biden wins? Explain your answer.
b) Do you think the average Biden voter will smash windows, loot and destroy businesses if Trump wins? Explain your answer.
c) Why do you think the media won’t report on Antifa as an organized group whose goal is chaos and anarchy and instead cover up this leftist-extremist violence?
d) What responsibility do you think mayors of the cities where riots are expected have to prevent Antifa from wrecking havoc in their cities? - and to arrest and prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law?
e) What responsiblity do you think the media has to report on Antifa's ongoing destructive violence and the organization's true goals?
f) Ask a parent: Do you think the assertion that rioting occurs/is not stopped in Democrat-controlled cities is accurate? Los Angeles, New York, Portland, Seattle, Chicago, Philadelphia, Kenosha, Rochester… Please explain your answer.