Test 1 Media Bias

Identify all types of Media Bias

• Spin

• Labeling

• Opinion

• Story Selection

When the news media reported the inaccurate story of Nick Sandmann they left out critical context and evidence that contradicted the mainstream narrative. This is an example of what kind of media bias.

• Omission

• Labeling

• Spin

• Placement

When CNN only interviewed the Native American man to give his side but didn't interview any Covington Catholic students this was and example of what kind of bias?

• Selection of sources

• Labeling

• Spin

• Placement

The early media narrative about the Covington Catholic incident was on page 1 of the Washington Post, however when the obvious evidence was discovered that the story was inaccurate and false the paper put the "retraction" on the back page. This is an example of what type of bias?

• Labeling

• Spin

• Placement

• Omission

This type of media bias occurs when the story has only one interpretation of and event or policy to the exclusion of the other.

• Spin

• Story Placement

• Labeling

• Omission

Fictional Cable news station "Wolf News" always reports stories favorable to supporting the theory of man-made global warming. This is an example of what type of media bias.

• Story Selection

• Spin

• Labeling

• Placement

Scientist had discovered that the reason for the glacier growing ice was___________________________?

• colder sea water

• global warming

• global cooling

• Solar flares

When the Greenland glacier was thinning, "National Geographic" put it on the front page and proclaimed it was definitive proof of global warming. However, the recent evidence of the glacier growing more ice was not mentioned. This is an example of what type of bias?

• Omission

• Labeling

• Spin

• Placement

Media stories can have multiple biases.

• True

• False

Emotionalism/Sensationalism is a type of media bias where:

• information is presented in a way that gives a shock or makes a deep impression

• the media interviews an eyewitness

• the media only uses "objective" facts

• the story is presented in a balanced manner.