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发表于 2007-7-5 16:06:03
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It's obvious that the writer is the one who is biased.
G&M is the first newspaper devoted an entire day's edition to "The Rising of China" with many positive comments. Among its reporting staff is Jan Wong who was sent to China as an exchange student during the cultural revolution. G&M has more insights on China than you ever know of.
The writer has more confidence in the truthfulness of reporting within China than outside is beyond any reasonably informed educated person.
For every negative news reported in the western media, there are 1,000 more that were not reported and 10,000 more cannot or will not be reported within China.
All Chinese knows that "report happiness and not sadness" is the unspoken truth in the culture.
I suggested you folks pick up every Friday's Ming Pao (in toronto area) and read up on a free magazine (Asia Week) and you'll find out all the news, books, etc. that are banned from reporting in China.
The brain washed has the nerve to accused other are being brain washed, how absurd!
In brief, my concern is the intentinal or unintentional bias against China in mainsteam media such as G&M.
Let's read through the following essay before we go further.
How to Detect Bias in the News [/FONT]
At one time or other we all complain about "bias in the news." The fact is, despite the journalistic ideal of "objectivity," every news story is influenced by the attitudes and background of its interviewers, writers, photographers and editors.
Not all bias is deliberate. But you can become a more aware news reader or viewer by watching for the following journalistic techniques that allow bias to "creep in" to the news:
Bias through selection and omission [/FONT]
An editor can express a bias by choosing to use or not to use a specific news item. Within a given story, some details can be ignored, and others included, to give readers or viewers a different opinion about the events reported. If, during a speech, a few people boo, the reaction can be described as "remarks greeted by jeers" or they can be ignored as "a handful of dissidents."
Bias through omission is difficult to detect. Only by comparing news reports from a wide variety of outlets can the form of bias be observed.
Bias through placement [/FONT]
Readers of papers judge first page stories to be more significant than those buried in the back. Television and radio newscasts run the most important stories first and leave the less significant for later. Where a story is placed, therefore, influences what a reader or viewer thinks about its importance.
Bias by headline [/FONT]
Many people read only the headlines of a news item. Most people scan nearly all the headlines in a newspaper. Headlines are the most-read part of a paper. They can summarize as well as present carefully hidden bias and prejudices. They can convey excitement where little exists. They can express approval or condemnation.
Bias by photos, captions and camera angles [/FONT]
Some pictures flatter a person, others make the person look unpleasant. A paper can choose photos to influence opinion about, for example, a candidate for election. On television, the choice of which visual images to display is extremely important. The captions newspapers run below photos are also potential sources of bias.
Bias through use of names and titles [/FONT]
News media often use labels and titles to describe people, places, and events. A person can be called an "ex-con" or be referred to as someone who "served time twenty years ago for a minor offense." Whether a person is described as a "terrorist" or a "freedom fighter" is a clear indication of editorial bias.
Bias through statistics and crowd counts [/FONT]
To make a disaster seem more spectacular (and therefore worthy of reading about), numbers can be inflated. "A hundred injured in aircrash" can be the same as "only minor injuries in air crash," reflecting the opinion of the person doing the counting.
Bias by source control [/FONT]
To detect bias, always consider where the news item "comes from." Is the information supplied by a reporter, an eyewitness, police or fire officials, executives, or elected or appointed government officials? Each may have a particular bias that is introduced into the story. Companies and public relations directors supply news outlets with puffpieces through news releases, photos or videos. Often news outlets depend on pseudo-events (demonstrations, sit-ins, ribbon cuttings, speeches and ceremonies) that take place mainly to gain news coverage.
Word choice and tone [/FONT]
Showing the same kind of bias that appears in headlines, the use of positive or negative words or words with a particular connotation can strongly influence the reader or viewer.
Source
http://www.media-awareness.ca/en ... ias_in_the_news.cfm
The Media Awareness Network [/FONT]
Media Awareness Network (MNet) is home to one of the world’s most comprehensive collections of media education and Internet literacy resources. |
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