In the Opinion lecture, we suggested you pay attention to language that tells you when you’re in the opinion neighborhood.
In the following pairings of words, how might a news organization’s choice of these words be unfair…to the people written about…to the evidence…to the news consumer. Particularly in a news report?
Who will react most strongly to one or the other term?
Why might that be?
What does that suggest about bias?
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What about these headlines? Are they fair?
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