Wednesday's Example of Media Bias Archive
Wednesday’s Example of Media Bias is a weekly example of biased news reporting. Also included on each page are questions about the excerpt and definitions of the types of media bias.
August 2005
8/24/2005 - ABC’s Gibson Scolds Americans for Excessive Per Person Oil Use
8/17/2005 - Nets Falsely Cite “Record High” Gas Prices, Target Oil Profits
July 2005
7/13/2005 - Our First Presidents Were Terrorists?
June 2005
6/29/2005 - Retired General Tours Guantanamo, Tells CNN Media Portrayal Wrong
6/22/2005 - Networks Skip Durbin’s “Nazi” Rant
6/15/2005 - ABC Stresses Disapproval of Bush, But Approval Only Down 1 Point
6/8/2005 - Post Fails To Report Double Terrorist Bombing Thwarted In Jerusalem This Week
6/1/2005 - Ignoring Saddam’s Mass Graves, Covering Undies Photo ‘Outrage’
May 2005
5/25/2005 - Williams Claims Filibuster to Block Judges “Used by Both Sides”
5/18/2005 - Starr Gets Dowdified
5/11/2005 - “Jockeying” Over Judges
5/4/2005 - A Comparison of Washington Post and New York Times Coverage of Israeli Shooting…
April 2005
4/27/2005 - The Post’s Phony Poll
4/20/2005 - Couric Distorts Poll to Say Most Want “Less Conservative” Church
4/13/2005 - C-SPAN’s Shaky Balance
4/6/2005 - Global Warming Gobbledygook
March 2005
3/30/2005 - High-Bias Leads
3/23/2005 - Slanting the News Against Terri Schiavo
3/16/2005 - Jennings Takes Snide Shot Over Difficulty to Improve View of U.S.
3/9/2005 - Nets Avoid How “Italian Journalist” Works for Communist Paper
3/2/2005 - NPR Spurns Social Security “Reform” Tag, But in Clinton Years…
February 2005
2/23/2005 - Future CBS Anchor Applies Ideological Tag to Republican, Not Dem
2/16/2005 - Post Failing to Report News that Doesn’t Fit Its Agenda
2/9/2005 - Reporting Bad News Before It Happens
January 2005
1/26/2005 - Media’s Coverage Has Distorted World’s View of Iraqi Reality
1/12/2005 - USA Today Story Frets Democrats Don’t “Fight Back” in Campaigns
1/5/2005 - Deja Vu on Education Cuts
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