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.
Poll Shows Majority of Americans Believe Reporters Try to Help Their Candidates Win
June 11, 2008 - The results of a new [Rasmussen] poll [show that]... 68 percent of Americans "believe most reporters try to help the candidate that they want to win." Read more...
The Great Media Depression
June 4, 2008 - News reports depict an economy far worse now than during the 1929 stock market crash. Read more...
The AP Maligns Our Soldiers On Memorial Day Weekend
May 28, 2008 - ...the AP makes it seem as if our Marines began "firing indiscriminately at vehicles and civilians" during a March 4th altercation near Nangarhar province... Read more...
Media Make Economic Storms Out of Silver Linings
May 21, 2008 - The American news media declared the U.S. economy in “free fall” as it slowed in March of 2008. But much economic data hasn’t supported that negative view. Read more...
Four Times More Journalists Identify as Liberal Than Conservative
May 14, 2008 - A survey...released in March by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, confirmed...that compared to the views of the public, conservatives are under-represented in national journalism while liberals are over-represented. Read more...