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.

June 2005

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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