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Bias in Fox News

1. Bias by headline "Trump bashes Clinton" and "Trump slams Clinton (in link to it). Makes him sound powerful. 2. Word choice and tone https://www.foxnews.com/faith-values/tlaib-omar-hagee-anti-semitism-congress The evangelical pastor says that Israel Apartheid week is anti-semitic and is designed to harass jewish student. This statement is false, as the point is to make people aware of the atrocities carried out against Palestinians, but he decides to double down and emphasize this ludicrous statement even more. He says that "the ghost of hitler walking around college campuses smiling".  His tactic is basically to say a bunch of scary words to convince people of his beliefs without any substantial argument, hence the bias. 3. Skewing the stats https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/marc-thiessen-elizabeth-warren-favors-huge-federal-spending-requiring-massive-middle-class-tax-hikes Says "roughly two-thirds of Americans think the economy is working...

Opinion piece on NYT's debate experts

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/16/us/politics/democratic-debate-review.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage The New York Times had their debate experts analyze the debate performances of all the candidates. The NYT opinion pieces, based off my experience so far, usually seem to be inline with a corporate centrist vision. And, the team for this article seems to be full of centrists as well based off their credentials shown, to add to the evidence pool. I will critique some of their statements. Joe Biden: Kelly described Biden as having a powerful performance. She claims that " he quickly and strongly dispelled with questions on his son Hunter Biden , which demonstrated how he’d handle such attacks in a debate with Trump." His defense was essentially "Hunter and I did nothing wrong. Don't talk about my corruptions, please just talk about Trumps.". Trump will absolutely abuse the fact that Joe, who he will probably call "Sleepy J...

Group project

The first amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees that there be freedom of the press. Free press means that the government cannot censor journalists or news media. The government does not have the right to prevent or control things the press publishes. The Constitution of Venezuela outlines similar guidelines regarding freedom of the press. Article 57 of their constitution states that: “Everyone has the right to freely express his or her thoughts, ideas or opinions orally, in writing or by any other form of expression, and to use for such purposes any means of communication and diffusion, and no censorship shall be established." However, political conflict and civil unrest in Venezuela has resulted in cases where these natural rights have been infringed upon through government censorship and oppression. Cody Weddle is an American journalist was detained in Venezuela and held for 12 hours by a counterintelligence military agency. Reporters say Weddle was detained to i...