Well, there sure was plenty of bias to go around. The descriptive language for Harris (failed campaign, ambitious career politician) was all very negative. I also insinuated that she was a liar (McDonald's work) and implied that she was neither competent nor intelligent but relied on stardom and sneaky tactics.
Let's not forget the abundant omission that plagued my article. Where is her strong favorable numbers? Or her small dollar donor records? Sources were vaguely titled 'commentators' and 'pollsters'.
Overall, the framing bias was strong too. Harris wasn't searching for new ways to fight on but rather new ways to cling on to power. The article was brutally biased and I'm sure there's plenty more examples hidden throughout.
If we had a real primary this time around with real candidates - neither one of them would have been the Democratic candidate for president and she won’t be next time around either.
The challenge is to find a single sentence without negative bias in it. Anyone with a negative opinion of politicians would be spitting venom by the end. I like that it doesn’t include any language designed specifically to set off the MAGA crowd. Thus, in a political sense, you could even defend its objectivity.
Well, there sure was plenty of bias to go around. The descriptive language for Harris (failed campaign, ambitious career politician) was all very negative. I also insinuated that she was a liar (McDonald's work) and implied that she was neither competent nor intelligent but relied on stardom and sneaky tactics.
Let's not forget the abundant omission that plagued my article. Where is her strong favorable numbers? Or her small dollar donor records? Sources were vaguely titled 'commentators' and 'pollsters'.
Overall, the framing bias was strong too. Harris wasn't searching for new ways to fight on but rather new ways to cling on to power. The article was brutally biased and I'm sure there's plenty more examples hidden throughout.
If we had a real primary this time around with real candidates - neither one of them would have been the Democratic candidate for president and she won’t be next time around either.
Definitely agree with you Ellie, she would not survive a proper primary process (based on her own track record)
The challenge is to find a single sentence without negative bias in it. Anyone with a negative opinion of politicians would be spitting venom by the end. I like that it doesn’t include any language designed specifically to set off the MAGA crowd. Thus, in a political sense, you could even defend its objectivity.
Good point Larry, that sort of ‘negative’ reactionary bias is very common.