Detecting Media Bias My favorite search engine is Google and I have decided to use it to find information on our current situation of the government shutdown. I chose only one of the websites that popped up from my search of “current government shutdown”. The article that I am using for this project is from Harry J Enten, theguardian.com, Friday 4 October 2013 11.24 EDT and it is titled Americans blame Republicans most for the government shutdown, but it's very relative: practically everyone
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Detecting Media Bias HUM/114 Critical Thinking and Creative Problem Solving November 12, 2012 Dr. Mark Spinler Detecting Media Bias The importance of making critical evaluations of news stories comes to play in the recent story about actor Kevin Clash who has resigned from the Sesame Workshop after alleged sex allegations against two youths at the time. This story is about allegations made towards Mr. Clash that he had sex with an underage youth. As Mr. Clash announced his resigning
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Detecting Media Bias The news is everywhere reporting important, and sometimes not so important, information to people all around the world. Society relies on honest news reporting to inform them of what is happening in their communities and the world around them. This is what makes the critical evaluation of news stories so important. There are many factors one should consider when critically evaluating the authenticity of a news story. Bias can sometimes be hidden and people should be aware of
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How to Detect Media Bias and Propaganda HUM 111 May 27, 2012 How to Detect Media Bias and Propaganda News report, our United States President, Obama, is running his campaign based on negative statements against his opponent Romney for the 2012 presidential campaigns. Republican consultant Dave Carney says, “its hyperbole every election to say, ‘This is the most negative election ever’. It is brought up that Romney as well has run hostile ads as well as stating that Obama serving a 2nd term
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It is essential for news media to be fair and accurate with everything they report, as they hold tremendous power in setting cultural guidelines and in shaping our political views. As terrible as it is to say, a lot of them will use this to their advantage trying to push their opinions on an audience, instead of giving us the information to decide. I decided to find a recent headline in politics since the elections are coming up soon. You would be surprised how many media sites express their opinions
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Detecting Media Bias Katie Smet 111 Oct 6, 2013 Kathy Moore Detecting Media Bias I read article from Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel, “Sensenbrenner wants health law, debt debate dealt with together”. I personally feel that this story was unclear with no sufficient depth to it. The story did have one person view, but it had nothing to do with the issue on the topic. I feel that everyone has to use their own critical evaluation about this topic; I know headline. I have notices that
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Detecting Media Bias For this assignment I found an article on Fox News website under politics, the title is called “Illinois nanny city now requiring $50 trash cans”. After utilizing the five strategies for critical reading skim, reflect, read, evaluate, and express your judgment. I found three main fallacies in this article. The three fallacies are clarity, evidence, and viewpoints. Here are my findings on the article. The article was not clear, because it failed to give me a complete
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Detecting Media Bias HUM/111 Critical and Creative Thinking February 9, 2014 The article I chose for my critical evaluation was in the Seattle Times, published December 4, 2013, titled “Call for $15 Minimum Wage Moves North to Seattle”. While all parties mentioned in the article agreed on 1) The minimum wage in Seattle does not cover the cost of living, and 2) The city’s minimum wage does need to be addressed. They do not agree on the details like how quickly to move on it and how to
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Detecting Media Bias The goal is that 80% of Americans will sign up for health-care via the Internet website will likely not happen anytime soon. The story was clear, accurate, and to the point. Facts were reported, that there are flaws in the system. Whether it be that some cases are just too complicated for the website to handle, or that the website itself has issues which is not allowing people to progress through the necessary steps to get health-care coverage. The story did not give alternative
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Associate Level Material Brien Thigpen Appendix D Contingency Theory of Leadership Description of work environment | Wal-Mart is a fortune 500 business that operates on many different levels. This company has several different levels of management that makes the company operate efficiently. From time to time some of the managers of Wal Mart have trouble approaching most of their employees. My opinion is because of the different ethnic backgrounds that come with such a huge
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