Weekly Example of Media Bias - November 11, 2020
1. What type of bias does the media display in this excerpt?
2. What does Frank Lee, the president of the Organization for Justice and Equality, accuse media outlets of doing in recent interviews/reports on the Trump administration?
3. What question did Mr. Lee ask about networks that cut off/censored Trump campaign spokespersons?
4. a) What did Lee say about the role of the media?
b) Do you agree with his assertion? Explain your answer.
5. Lee said, “the professional way to handle this is to just broadcast the press conference and ask questions at the end or to refute him afterward.” and,
“The key principle is that we want to be able to live in a democracy without censorship and that’s why we got to really voice our strong opposition to this type of practice.” What do you think of the points Mr. Lee makes?