Weekly Example of Media Bias - April 15, 2009
1. What types of bias is the excerpt below an example of?
2. As citizens, we want our President to succeed in completing negotiations that will help America. The news media's job is to report the news as it happens - not to hide news from us that they think might reflect poorly on President Obama's negotiating skills. This excerpt below shows us that in the future we should question reporting on the President - not so much on what is reported, but what is not reported. Do you agree? Explain your answer.