Weekly Example of Media Bias - May 7, 2008
1. Re-read the BusinessAndMedia.org recommendations for how the media should report on the issue of global warming. With which recommendations do you agree? Explain your answer.
2. OPTIONAL: Compare the examples from ABC, CBS and NBC reporting on global warming to New Zealand television's "Nzone Tonight" interview with Professor Bob Carter of James Cook University, Queensland, Australia at YouTube.com. What do you think of host Alan Lee's treatment of and reaction to Professor Carter's assertions about global warming as compared to the American media?