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    The document provides annotations for two sources on the topic of media bias. The first annotation summarizes an article by Paul Farhi that discusses how perception of bias has increased as media has expanded, but there is no significant bias. It notes cable news can cherry pick stories and audiences feel forced into biases. The second annotation summarizes a piece by Theodore Dawes arguing that objectivity in journalism is impossible as facts alone don't determine newsworthiness and judgment is required in selection and framing of stories.

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    The document provides annotations for two sources on the topic of media bias. The first annotation summarizes an article by Paul Farhi that discusses how perception of bias has increased as media has expanded, but there is no significant bias. It notes cable news can cherry pick stories and audiences feel forced into biases. The second annotation summarizes a piece by Theodore Dawes arguing that objectivity in journalism is impossible as facts alone don't determine newsworthiness and judgment is required in selection and framing of stories.

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    Hampton Richards

    Professor Phillip Meadors

    English 101

    26 March 2016

    An Analysis in Media Bias: Annotated Bibliography

    Farhi, Paul. "There Is No Significant Media Bias." Mass Media, edited by Margaret Haerens and

    Lynn M. Zott, Greenhaven Press, 2014. Opposing Viewpoints. Opposing Viewpoints in

    Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ3010152405/OVIC?

    u=mill30389&xid=853e9081. Accessed 19 Mar. 2017. Originally published as "How

    Biased Are the Media, Really?" Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2012.

    Farhi's article talks about media bias and how perception can change someone's view on

    reality. Due to more media being discovered, the chance of you reading news thats biased has

    increased exponentially. Robert Lichter explains how once people see something they don't like,

    it's automatically biased. There are even organizations that observe the media such as

    AIM(Accuracy in Media) and FAIR(Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting). Farhi also includes a

    section called News Reporting vs. Commenting which states that cable networks aren't the only

    source of a news organization. He explains that most cable news networks tell how others get the

    "story" wrong and how the media will only show certain information so their audience is forced

    to be biased to one side. Since technology has developed, people can connect to more events and

    sources at the same time. Readers will often ask investigators why one part of the story was left

    out, while another investigator highlighted it.


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    The source restates what other articles have said about media bias. Although the article is

    somewhat old, it's content relates to events happening today. This article will help be by learning

    to question my sources and the author's credibility.

    Objectivity in Journalism is a Myth: Annotated Bibliography

    Dawes, Theodore. "Objectivity in Journalism Is a Myth." Journalism, edited by Roman Espejo,

    Greenhaven Press, 2014. Opposing Viewpoints. Opposing Viewpoints in Context,

    link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ3010914206/OVIC?u=mill30389&xid=a563da9b.

    Accessed 19 Mar. 2017. Originally published as "Why the News Makes You Angry,"

    American Thinker, 26 June 2010.

    This article states that there is no such thing as objectivity reporting. Dawes, the author,

    explains how it's impossible to objectively write articles about what's important and what's not.

    He also states that facts are of no use in deciding what's newsworthy. He gives us two examples

    to consider: A bomb exploding, or a bomb exploding in a day care center. The first gives us no

    details and is considered insignificant, while the other gives us more detail and exaggerates

    morals. Objectivity requires judgment. No one knows for sure where objectivity originated.

    Some predict it came to be with the invention of news wires, which allowed news to be spread

    over long distances. There is a subsection in this article called, Why the News Makes You Angry,

    which basically says, we should stop acting like objectivity is possible.

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