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Media Bias Detection
Step 1: Where is your information coming from?
Step 2: Is there any reason for the article to be bias?
Step 3: What groups and points of views are being represented?
Step 4: Check the headlines of the article
Step 5: Use this tool to identify the types of bias you can find. Go through each branch and answer the questions to see if that type of bias is applicable
Media Bias Detection Technique
Is there an appeal to a certain country in the article?
Are they using a country's values or showing a level of nationalist pride to appeal to an argument?
Are they attacking or putting down anyone's sense of patriotism or pride?
APPEAL TO NATIONALISM
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/why-does-nationalism-exude-a-seductive-appeal-1.3625641
Do you notice any bold, emphasized, or dramatic words used in headlines or the article itself?
WORD CHOICE
http://umich.edu/~newsbias/Dar%20Al%20Hayat.htm
Does the author use word choice, tone, and other techniques to frame the story in a specific way?
STORY FRAMING
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/drug-legalization-time-for-a-real-debate/
Does it seem like the author is only covering half of the facts?
Is the article choosing to give evidence for one side of the story only?
Is there someone else or something's information that would sway the story?
OMISSION
www.nytimes.com/live/2020/10/04/world/trump-covid-live-updates
Does the article seem 100% set on one perspective?
Does the article not explore other sides to the story?
Is there any information that seems missing from the other side of the debate?
LIMITING DEBATE
https://www.foxnews.com/us/minneapolis-cop-attorney-george-floyd-fentanyl-overdose
Where is the article getting it's soruces from?
Is it only coming from one side of the debate?
Are they using specific people as witnesses or to give opinions becuase these people will help prove their point?
SOURCES BIAS
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nunes-chinas-laughing-at-biden-admin-over-foreign-policy
1.Is the piece of media explicitly trying to attack liberal or conservative viewpoints and ideologies? 2. Is there any sign that the article is defending a certain viewpoint or siding with either side?
LIBERAL AND CONSERVATIVE BIAS
https://deadline.com/2021/01/fox-news-host-tucker-carlson-claims-cnn-trying-to-force-his-network-off-the-air-1234668002/
Is there a negative or positive tone in the words and headlines?