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News articles may portray information that is not true to make it sound more interesting. The writer usually has an opinion or perspective that he/she want to advance and get across to their readers, but wants to make that opinion and perspective sound like it's a fact. This is a way to increase the audience for an article. It also may be ways for the writer to get out rumours and gossip. There is an important distinction between fact and opinion, and the news should be giving us the truth and not lies. This is why it is highly important to not just rely on what an article states and to be open minded and read others.
The first kind of bias that I found was, bias through selection and omission. This bias is when the author doesn't mention every important point and only the point he wants to. The article shows this bias because it only suggests one possible reason why the plane could have gone missing. That reason was Islamic terrorism. The truth is that there are many reasons that could explain why the plane went missing. After more than a week, we still don't know why. The author could have been reasonable and mentioned other possible reasons. When comparing the two articles, article b mentioned how the plane could have gone missing because of mechanical problems, bombing and hijacking. This article was less biased because it stated more than one way how it could have gone missing and it didn't blame someone specifically without real facts to back it up.
Another kind of bias I found was, bias by headline. Bias by headline is when the author presents hidden bias in the title. The headline is where most people get the idea of what the article is informing us about. The headline of this is "Malaysian Airli...

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...d than other because of how hidden they are. Some articles make it seem like they are unbiased, even though they do make some biased points. Some kinds of bias are harder to find; for example, selection and omission is harder to find if an article is one of the first report on a topic. This way you so not have anything to compare it to make sure it makes sense or not. Some articles do not have photos so you cannot say they are biased by photo. One of the best kinds of bias to look for is the perspective of the person writing the article.
This article I chose shows why it is really important to look through an article to ask whether it is biased or not. In my 3-page article I found more than three kinds of bias. So we should be careful not to rely on something until we have make sure it is not biased. We should also look for different perspectives in other places.

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