BIAS IN THE

MEDIA

BY: JOSH BRALLEY AND ALAN HENSON

GROUP 1

PRINT MEDIA (NEWSPAPER ARTICLE)

HOW PRINT ARTICLES

AFFECT PUBLIC OPINION

Senator Tommy Tucker of Waxhaw, NC told one news

reporter in a public hearing "I am the senator, you are the

citizen. You need to be quiet”.

The reporter was asking about a bill that allowed more

government secrecy.

By only quoting the senator and not the reporter it made

Senator Tommy Tucker look like a jerk.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

N.Y. Times Denial Of Media Bias Fails To

Make Its Argument

• Hard to stay unbiased about an issue no

matter who you are.

• Forbes known for being somewhat

conservative because of thier “high value”

living.

GROUP 2

VISUAL WITH WORDS (AD & CARTOON)

BIAS CARTOONS

• Can support both sides

• Points out things some

might not have noticed

BIAS CARTOONS

(CONT.)

• Shows same topic but different

views

• A lot of cartoons tend to favor

Liberal politicians.

BIAS AD’S

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUQ-j2sOA7c

BIAS SOUND BITES

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV2ye3Ag6fs

GROUP 3

VISUAL DISPLAY (PIE CHART & BIRTH CERTIFICATE)

MEDIAS CHOICE OF

TOPICS

• Decide to report on something

depending on view

• Most compelling story not always

talked about

• Obama’s birth certificate

GRAPH

How Americans Perceive TV News Media

Too Liberal

About Right

Too Conservative

Most people don’t perceive TV news as mostly Conservative,

which differs from most of what some TV station say.

GROUP 4

INFORMATIONAL (WEB ARTICLE)

BIAS SOUND BITES

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kFTyyo5mBE

SENATE GUN VOTE

BIAS

“Gun Vote Triggers Media Outcry” –Dylan Byers

46 Senators recently voted against background checks for

guns

Media is outraged by Senators

SENATE GUN VOTE

BIAS

Piers Morgan calls Senators “a pathetic, gutless bunch of

cowards”

New York Times quotes Gabby Giffords who says Senate is

“in gun lobby’s grip”

Huffington Post published article “No Justice”

Joe Scarborough said people were “insulted”

SENATE GUN VOTE

BIAS

Senators have been attacked by numerous outlets

“I guess the media get annoyed when Senators listen to their

constituents and think for themselves, rather than doing the

media’s bidding” –Bill Kristol, Editor in Chief of Weekly

Standard

SENATE GUN VOTE

BIAS

“It’s clearly biased and unmistakably ideological. These

outlets can do what they do want, but nobody should kid

themselves about what they’re doing.” -John Podhoretz of

the New York Post

GROUP 5

PERSONAL NARRATIVE

“BIAS”

“Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How Media Distorts the News”

by: Bernard Goldberg

Narrative about Goldberg’s 28 year experience with CBS

Discusses how CBS would portray events

“BIAS”

Goldberg came to editors and requested an end to

bias, editors rejected

Talks about bias in relations between sexes, press coverage

of race, terrorism, homelessness, and presidential races

“BIAS”

CBS reported homelessness as direct correlation between

Republican budget cuts

Also addresses other networks who are bias

GROUP 6

MINI-DOCUMENTARY

PRAGER UNIVERSITY:

PROVING A MEDIA BIAS

Tim Groseclose talks about a bias in media

93% of D.C. based reporters vote Democrat

Says bias comes in not reporting certain truths

Media says Bush Tax Cuts only benefitted rich, when the

wealthy benefitted less

PRAGER UNIVERSITY:

PROVING A MEDIA BIAS

Gloseclose says media sways many Americans who would

be right-of-center to be moderates

Gloseclose also says much of America would be right-wing

voters if it weren’t for many media outlets

Groseclose said America would be as conservative as Texas

if it were not for media bias in a majority of outlets

CONCLUSION

Overall no matter how hard you try it is almost impossible to

be fair to all sides of the argument.

News media should do their best to minimize the gap in the

bias.

Even while doing this we still felt it was hard to stay

unbiased.

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