Title: Media bias
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Media bias
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Types of bias
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Scholarly treatment of media bias in the United States and United Kingdom
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Experimenter's bias
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Tools for measuring and evaluating media bias
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Efforts to correct bias
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History of bias in the mass media
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Role of language
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National and ethnic viewpoint
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Anglophone bias in the world media
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Religious bias
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Other influences
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See also
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References
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Further reading
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External links
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Impartial organizations monitoring media bias
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Conservative organizations monitoring liberal bias
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Liberal organizations monitoring conservative bias
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Other blogs and websites about media bias
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Websites/blogs focused on specific media organizations
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Websites/blogs focused on media about or in specific regions
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Other

Content: Government influence, including overt and covert censorship, biases the media in some countries. Market forces that result in a biased presentation include the ownership of the news source, concentration of media ownership, the selection of staff, the preferences of an intended audience, and pressure from advertisers. There are a number of national and international watchdog groups that report on bias in the media. Contents
1 Types of bias
2 Scholarly treatment of media bias in the United States and United Kingdom
3 Experimenter's bias
4 Tools for measuring and evaluating media bias
5 Efforts to correct bias
6 History of bias in the mass media
7 Role of language
8 National and ethnic viewpoint
9 Anglophone bias in the world media
10 Religious bias
11 Other influences
12 See also
13 References
14 Further reading
15 External links
15.1 Impartial organizations monitoring media bias
15.2 Conservative organizations monitoring liberal bias
15.3 Liberal organizations monitoring conservative bias
15.4 Other blogs and websites about media bias
15.5 Websites/blogs focused on specific media organizations
15.6 Websites/blogs focused on media about or in specific regions
15.7 Other
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Types of bias
The most common forms of bias occur when the media support or attack a particular political party, candidate, or ideology, but other common forms of bias include
Advertising bias, when stories are selected or slanted to please advertisers. Corporate bias, when stories are selected or slanted to please corporate owners of media. Mainstream bias, a tendency to report what everyone else is reporting, and to avoid stories that will offend anyone. Sensationalism, bias in favor of the exceptional over the ordinary, giving the impression that rare events, such as airplane crashes, are more common than common events, such as automobile crashes. Other forms of bias including reporting that favors or attacks a particular race, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, or ethnic group. [ edit]
Scholarly treatment of media bias in the United States and United Kingdom
[I]f the system functions well, it ought to have a liberal bias, or at least appear to. Because if it appears to have a liberal bias, that will serve to bound thought even more effectively.