1. What types of bias does Kyle Smith illustrate in his commentary?

2. Mr. Smith reports: “A recent Newsbusters survey found that, over a recent six-week period, not even 1 percent of network news reporting on the Trump administration even mentioned positive economic news.” Why do you think this is so, despite the fact that under President Trump, as Matthew Yglesias of Vox writes, "the economy is doing quite good...unemployment rate is 3.5 percent. The stock market is at an all-time high. The poverty rate is falling…the typical family’s income is higher today than it’s ever been"?

3. a) What do you think about each of the following assertions made by Mr. Smith? (agree or disagree? Explain your answers.)
b) Ask a parent the same question. Discuss your answers.

• "What the AFP and Reuters didn’t seem to like was the story’s changed implication: That Obama, rather than Trump, locked up a lot of children. This is what’s important: Not that AFP and Reuters deleted a story, but that the implication of the story meant everything to them."
• "The media would simply not report [news unfavorable of Obama]. Trump doesn’t enjoy this courtesy. Nor can he be associated with good news."
• "Using, or ignoring, facts in accordance with whether they create the desired impression is the principal agenda of today’s media."

4. Obviously, Trump supporters don't like most media coverage of President Trump. But why should voters who do not like President Trump want him to be treated fairly by the news media?