POL369Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Political Correctness, Sarah Palin, Selection Bias
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Pol 369 : media and politics lecture 4. In sweden journalist adhere that they have to be watchdogs. They don"t dig in personal details. advocate. Wait for sources to war 2 germany. Opposite of how give information before they report it. mirror journalists work in north. Sarah palin had a false statement about obama care. When a political actor says something politically incorrect, do you wait to take a position or can you disagree without waiting. Bias occurs when a portrayal of reality is significantly and systematically distorted. Gender bias, racial bases, ethnical biases exist. Partisan bias - ideological or partisan bias in the news where they distort reality . Objectively sometimes, parties and governments have bad days. If harper has a policy that is not working, this si not evidence of bias. Because the government is objectively having a bad day. To make a claim ,we need evidence of it nut not favourable or unfavourable coverage of each other.
