Weekly Example of Media Bias - October 30, 2019
1. What type of bias does the Washington Post's choice of headline display?
2. Why do you think the editors changed the headline describing Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to "austere religious scholar"? Explain your answer.
3. Congressman Steve Scalise (R-LA) tweeted: "Every day The Washington Post uses harsher words against @realDonaldTrump than they do in writing about one of the world’s most evil terrorists. Yet we’re supposed to take them at face value. Let that sink in."
Do you agree with Rep. Scalise? Explain your answer.