Weekly Example of Media Bias - September 24, 2014
1. What type of bias do the big three networks display in their lack of reporting the Foley and Sotloff family stories?
2. Is this a newsworthy story that should have be reported? Explain your answer.
3. Wikipedia reports: "Cindy Sheehan is an American antiwar activist whose son, U.S. Army Specialist Casey Sheehan, was killed by enemy action during the Iraq War. She attracted national and international media attention in August 2005 for her extended antiwar protest at a makeshift camp outside President George W. Bush's Texas ranch."
Sheehan was in the news constantly after her son was killed in action. Do you think the media is displaying a double-standard/bias, by ignoring the assertions made by the families of James Foley and Steven Sotloff, U.S. civilians murdered by Islamic terrorists? Explain your answer.