Bias In The News
There is quite a lot of bias in news articles and it is very effective in stimulating our response to an issue. In the article "Rich, famous unite in grief:" ( West Australian 5 September, 1998) bias is included to symathise our response to the victim or victims and to be angry at the people responsible. ... All these factors play a huge role in the impact of the bias. The headline is the first place in an article where the bias first starts. The size of the headline varies on the importance of the article and various poetic tools in a headline give the article a impact and a extremely strong determining point for the bias. ... A Figure of Authority is used quite often in a article to help convey the bias.