Weekly Example of Media Bias - December 13, 2006
NOTE: North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has been starving and persecuting his own people for years. Read about it at the Council on Foreign Relations website at CFR.org and the Human Rights Watch website at hrw.org.
a) Obviously dictator Kim Jong-il ensured that the ABC news crew would see and hear only what he wanted them to. Do you think that ABC's Diane Sawyer believed she was presenting an accurate picture of North Korea for her viewers? Explain your answer.
b) Define credibility.
c) What does your answer to question a) say about Ms. Sawyer's credibility?