Media ignore undercover video

Weekly Example of Media Bias — Posted on October 19, 2016

The first of a series of videos from Project Veritas filmmaker James O’Keefe was released on Monday, claiming to show Democrats hiring provocateurs [persons hired to make trouble] to incite violence at some Donald Trump’s rallies.

The video was met with collective silence from the mainstream media.

Watch a portion of the video: [WARNING: This video contains offensive language.]

Questions

1. The media has been sharply critical of Trump and his supporters. Consider the amount of support given to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton (96% of media members' donations went to support Clinton).

a) Do an internet search for James O'Keefe Project Veritas videos. How many media outlets (ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, New York Times, Washington Post, etc.) are reporting this major story?

b) What type of bias does the media's silence on the Project Veritas video display?

2. a) Ask a friend to watch the video with you and then to answer the question: why do you think the media will not report on this story? Please explain your answer.
b) Ask a parent to watch the video and answer the same question.
c) How do your friend and your parent's answers compare?