Weekly Example of Media Bias - October 2, 2013
1. What type of bias does the media display in their reporting on same-sex marriage?
2. In response to the NY Times' admission that the media is biased against traditional marriage, Mr. Taranto asserts:
The mainstream media [MSM] are overwhelmingly biased in favor of a position on which the public is evenly split. Within the media, there are two prevailing attitudes toward this bias: denial and defiance. Even opponents of same-sex marriage, by and large, don't argue the media should be biased against it, but it would be nice if someone somewhere in the MSM would acknowledge both that the bias exists and that it is problematic.
Do you agree with this assertion? Explain your answer.