Title: How do you tell when the news is biased? It depends on how you see yourself » Nieman Journalism Lab
Headings: How do you tell when the news is biased? It depends on how you see yourself
How do you tell when the news is biased? It depends on how you see yourself
Does the quest for balance in news stories open journalists up to claims of bias? It’s all about the framing.
The hostile media effect
You see bias when you see yourself as part of a group
What’s a journalist to do?

Content: But only up to a point: To avoid charges of bias, the audience needs to be able to see the journalist as fundamentally one of them. This might require getting closer to the audience, not hiding from them. If we each live inside of many identities, then there are many possible ways to connect; conversely, it would be helpful to know, empirically, under what conditions a journalist’s politics are actually going to be a problem for readers, and for which readers. We might also want to consider our framing more carefully. Because perceptions of bias depend on how we are thinking about our identity in that moment, if we can find a way to tell our stories outside of partisan frames, we might also reduce feelings of unfairness. The trick would be to shy away from invoking divisive identities, preferring frames th