Decoding Media Bias Handout
Media Website Examination
Warm-Up: Where do you go to read the news? Be specific. Why do you go there? What other options
do you have?
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKVRVBSWspg
After Viewing: How does your warm-up response align with the idea of “incestuous amplification”
(selecting news sources to reinforce our own views) as defined in the film?
Go to the following news organizations and complete the questions below.
News Website
CNN
http://www.cnn.com/
Fox News
http://www.foxnews.com/
MSNBC
http://www.msnbc.com/
Homepage News Items
Politics Section News Items
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What do you
notice/stands out to you
about the differences?
Why do the different
news organizations have
different stories?
Select a political news topic and read the articles on the three different news outlets.
What do they all include?
How are they different?
Be specific and cite
evidence.