Detecting Bias in News Media
Do you challenge the news sources you consume? Is their coverage accurate and balanced? The Lehman College, Leonard Lief Library at the City University of New York provides a checklist for how you can detect bias in news media.
- Who are the sources?
- Is there a lack of diversity?
- From whose point of view is the news reported?
- Are there double standards?
- Do stereotypes skew coverage?
- What are the unchallenged assumptions?
- Is the language loaded?
- Is there a lack of context?
- Do the headlines and stories match?
- Are stories on important issues featured prominently?
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