JOUR 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: News Values, Disclose
5 Aug 2020
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Ignoring or downplaying one side of a controversial topic. Leaving some points of view out of a story of media coverage. Including more sources from one side than another. Choosing highly qualified sources for one side and low quality" sources for the other. Selectively editing comments to make one side appear more intelligent or articulate. Not disclosing a sources potential bias or affiliation to a cause. The flip side of bias by omission, bias by inclusion. Covering stories because they promote an agenda. Exaggerating the news values of stories that promote an agenda. Exaggerating the news value of stories that appear to discredit or undermine points of view. Giving one side more prominent coverage than the other. Making one side front-page news but not the other side. A pattern of putting one side high" in a story and the other side low" in a story. Describing one side with unflattering labels: extreme, radical, far-right, far-left, controversial, unpopular.
