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-Read the excerpt below from MRC.org's March 15 CyberAlert.
-Read "Types of Media Bias" in the right column. Then answer the questions.
Peter Jennings on Monday night uttered one of the kind of remarks which earn him his smug image as one eager to denigrate the U.S. Following a soundbite on World News Tonight of Karen Hughes, the Bush administration’s new Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy, saying “perceptions” of America “do not change quickly or easily. This is a struggle for ideas,” Jennings snidely interjected: “In some parts of the world, that will be taken as an understatement.”
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To accurately identify different types of bias, you should be aware of the issues of the day, and the liberal and conservative perspectives on each issue.
Types of Media Bias:Questions
What type of bias is the excerpt below an example of?
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Answers
The excerpt is an example of bias by spin.
