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" based off a study he didn't properly cite. Then goes on later to say "most everyone, it seems, thinks the economy is working for them". This is a skew as 107 million Americans thinking the economy isnt working for them is not "most everyone".
4. Selection and Omission
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/beware-medicare-for-all-is-fools-gold
Says that M4A is too expensive, but doesn't contrast the increase in taxes with what people are Americans are paying now through private insurance, which... is more.
5. Placement
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/elizabeth-warren-native-americans-socialism-elisa-martinez
Starts off saying how the big government has destroyed her Indian reservation through programs designed to help them. Tries to pulls on your heart strings to start, then provides no evidence of specific government programs that hurt her reservation, just says "regulations bad!". Someone who read the beginning only might be like "Damn shame on government programs", if they finished they might realize that no good evidence has been presented.
6. Names and titles
https://www.foxnews.com/science/greedy-killer-monkeys-found-eating-large-rats-in-malaysia-leaving-scientists-stunned
Calls killer monkey "greedy killer monkey". How dare they.
7. Photos
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/unearthed-2004-elizabeth-warren-op-ed-railed-against-class-warfare-the-rich-are-not-the-enemy
Not a flattering video cover I don't think. Camera angle is down on her rather than eye level or below.
8. Sources
https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/gulfstream-g700-boasts-most-spacious-cabin-in-the-sky
Company plane review by the company president.
"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" based off a study he didn't properly cite. Then goes on later to say "most everyone, it seems, thinks the economy is working for them". This is a skew as 107 million Americans thinking the economy isnt working for them is not "most everyone".
4. Selection and Omission
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/beware-medicare-for-all-is-fools-gold
Says that M4A is too expensive, but doesn't contrast the increase in taxes with what people are Americans are paying now through private insurance, which... is more.
5. Placement
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/elizabeth-warren-native-americans-socialism-elisa-martinez
Starts off saying how the big government has destroyed her Indian reservation through programs designed to help them. Tries to pulls on your heart strings to start, then provides no evidence of specific government programs that hurt her reservation, just says "regulations bad!". Someone who read the beginning only might be like "Damn shame on government programs", if they finished they might realize that no good evidence has been presented.
6. Names and titles
https://www.foxnews.com/science/greedy-killer-monkeys-found-eating-large-rats-in-malaysia-leaving-scientists-stunned
Calls killer monkey "greedy killer monkey". How dare they.
7. Photos
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/unearthed-2004-elizabeth-warren-op-ed-railed-against-class-warfare-the-rich-are-not-the-enemy
Not a flattering video cover I don't think. Camera angle is down on her rather than eye level or below.
8. Sources
https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/gulfstream-g700-boasts-most-spacious-cabin-in-the-sky
Company plane review by the company president.
Comments
Post a Comment