Weekly Example of Media Bias - May 9, 2012
1. What types of bias did the networks display in their reports on Chen Guangcheng?
2. In the excerpt below, Scott Whitlock says "Although Chen's high profile plight might seem like a logical time to take an expansive look into China's one-child policy, the two networks passed." Why do you think NBC and ABC chose to ignore the main reason Chen has been imprisoned, placed under house arrest and beaten by police? (The reason for his imprisonment, etc. is his exposure of the Chinese government policy of forcing women to have abortions against their will, and sterilizing others to prevent them from having more than one child.)