1. Unit 2
Vocabulary

2. articles/news stories based on factual information.
Objectivity 
articles/news stories based on factual information.

3. Subjectivity
  articles/news stories based on feelings or opinions representing the reporter’s analysis of the information surrounding the story’s topic.

4. Perspective
the state of one’s ideas, the facts known to one. An individual or publication’s point of view

5. Bias
particular tendency or inclination, especially one that prevents unprejudiced consideration of a question; prejudice.

6. Bias
Two residents wade through chest-deep water after finding bread and soda from a local grocery store after Hurricane Katrina came through the area in New Orleans, Louisiana.(AFP/Getty Images/Chris Graythen)

7. Slant
to have or be influenced by a subjective point of view, bias, personal feeling or inclination

8. Slant
Conservative
Liberal

9. Spin
in news means a distinctive point of view, emphasis, or interpretation of information provided to the public.

10. Spin

11. Euphemisms
substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague   expression   thought to be offensive, harsh,  or blunt.
the expression so substituted:“To pass away”  is a euphemism for “to die.”

12. Euphemisms

13. Dysphemism
the substitution of a disagreeable, offensive, or disparaging expression for an agreeable or inoffensive one;

14. Dysphemism

15. Propaganda
information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, Institution, nation, etc. the deliberate spreading of such information or rumors the particular doctrines or principles propagated by a organization or movement.

16. Propaganda

17. Rhetorical Definition
Using emotionally charged language to purposefully agitate

18. Rhetorical Definition

19. Innuendo
hints, read between the lines:”I’d like to know where he got his money”

20. Innuendo

21. Crowd Counts
• To make a disaster seem more spectacular (and therefore worthy of reading), numbers can be inflated. “One hundred injured in train wreck” can be the same as “Passengers injured in train wreck.” • Crowd counts are notoriously inaccurate and often reflect the opinion of the person doing the counting. A reporter, event sponsor, or police officer might estimate a crowd at several thousand if he or she agrees with the purpose of the assembly— or a much smaller number if he/she is critical of the crowd’s purposes or beliefs. News magazines may enhance numbers to manipulate believability

22. Crowd Counts

23. Parody
a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule

24. Parody

25. Bias by Headline
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26. Bias by Placement
the location in the paper or article where a story or event is printed; a pattern of placing news stories so as to downplay information supportive of one side.

27. Bias by Omission or Selection
including more sources that support one view over another.  This bias can also be seen when a reporter uses such phrases as “experts believe,” “observers say,” or “most people believe.”
 pattern of highlighting news stories that coincide with the agenda of either the Left or the Right, while ignoring stories that coincide with the opposing view;
leaving one side out of an article, or a series of articles over a period of time; ignoring facts that tend to disprove liberal or conservative claims, or that support liberal or conservative beliefs

28. Labeling
1. Tagging of person from one party or group with extreme labels while leaving the other side unlabeled or with more mild labels.
2. A reporter not only fails to identify a liberal or conservative as such, but also describes the person or group with positive labels, such as “an expert” or “independent consumer group”

29. Bias by Photos, Captions, Camera Angel

30. Photo, caption or camera angle

31. Editorial
An article in a publication expressing the opinion of its editors or publishers.

32. Letter to the editor
a letter sent to a publication about issues of concern from its readers. Can be a reponse to a news story, editorial or previously published opinion piece. Usually, letters are intended for publication. Fair and balanced publications will publish letters from multiple perspectives.

33. Op-ed
An op-ed, abbreviated from opposite the editorial page is a newspaper article that expresses the opinions of a named writer who is usually unaffiliated with the newspaper's editorial board. These are different from editorials, which are usually unsigned and written by editorial board members.