About the Wednesday's Biased Item:
A weekly example of biased reporting and questions about the excerpt, along with definitions of the types of media bias, are posted in this category each Wednesday morning.
Importance of Accurate Captions
September 1, 2010 - Inaccurate captions lead to distorted views of the truth... Read more...
Deceptive Gitmo Headlines
August 25, 2010 - Judging by some of the headlines, you'd think that the Gitmo detainee who pled guilty before a military commission [in July] was merely a chef for Osama bin Laden. ... Read more...
Fauxtography - Reuters Uses Photoshop
June 9, 2010 - Reuters is once again exposed doctoring photos to change images - this time of the Gaza flotilla "peace activists".
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Washington Post Exposes BP ties to Eco-Groups
June 3, 2010 - Nature Conservancy and other ... environmental organizations accepted millions from oil giant [BP, but the] broadcast networks [remain] silent. Read more...
‘Hikers’ or ‘Spies’ ?
May 26, 2010 - Check out this headline from a Sunday Reuters dispatch: "Iran Says U.S. 'Hikers' Spies, Proposes Prisoner Swap."... Read more...
