1. Do an internet search for UCLA basketball players China/shoplifting/Trump/thanks. How many of the following news outlets published reports on this story?

• CNN, CBS, NBC, ABC, ESPN, NY Times, Washington Post, etc?

2. Do an internet search for Wendell Brown football/China/arrest, etc. How many of the following news outlets reported on Wendell's plight?

• CNN, CBS, NBC, ABC, ESPN, NY Times, Washington Post, etc?

3. a) Ask 3 people what they know about the UCLA players shoplifting, arrest and subsequent release.
b) Ask the same people what they know about Wendell Brown's arrest and imprisonment in China.
c) The only national news reports we found were from Fox Insider and YahooNews. Do you think the lack of news reports on Wendell Brown is an example of bias by story selection and/or omission? or just a case of lazy reporting? or a case of editors deciding Wendell Brown's story is not newsworthy?  Explain your answer.