Bias In Newspaper

Bias through choice of photos, captions and camera angles. Does the person look empowered? Weak?

This article by the sun shows Ed Miliband a former labour MP eating a sandwich, which is an unflattering photo making him look comical, which is biased as it presents the labour MP negatively in a newspaper that has a right wing political stance.

Bias through placement - is it on the front page, or hidden on page 15? How long/thorough is the article?

The article in the sun shows the headline which includes an image of a scar on a young boy which is supposedly the mark of the 'devil'. This is an example of biased placement as the story seems pointless and at the time the newspaper was published there was a lot more stories that were news worthy compared to this story which seems irrelevant and a built of a conspiracy.

Bias through word choice and tone (is it sympathetic or critical?)

This article shows bias through word choice in the headline as it emphasizes a critical tone as it negatively presents Reid as it makes him out to be an idiot.

Bias through headlines - what is the headline article, how is the article pitched through the headline?

This article has a clear example of headline bias and also shapes the article around it negatively as well to support the headline. The image used shows a sad facial expression on Obama as he looks disappointed with himself, suggesting with the headline that he has failed the country.

Bias through source control - who have they interviewed/asked for information?

In newspapers sometimes the paper will use unreliable and biased sources in their article content to support their political opinion for example in more left wing newspapers they will use statements from labour politicians on current political affairs concerning the conservative government.

Bias through use of names and titles - nicknames, respectful terms etc.

In this article by the sun they have used Jeremy Corbins surname as a disrespectful nickname to mock him and his government in the run up to the election. This headline uses the biased nickname because it is a right wing newspaper that promotes conservatism.

Bias through selection or omission - which articles included or left out?

A recent article in the telegraph newspaper is a clear example of bias through selection as it is a royalist newspaper when the scandal about the queen keeping her wealth in an offshore account was discovered they chose to write a small article about it and place it on the side of the newspaper where it might go missed or be covered by the hands of reader when holding the newspaper open. 

Bias through statistics and crowd counts - how statistics are manipulated to make a point?

In many newspapers when using statistics and crowd counting the value used can often be biased based on the police officer's opinion who "counted" the crowd. If the person is in favour of the purpose they will possibly make the value larger or if they oppose the crowds purpose than they may make it significantly smaller.