Chapter 5 Self-Quiz

. Objectivity in journalism is…

Reporting that has as little input from the reporter as possible, a journalism of "just the facts"

Reporting that reflects reality like a mirror

Ensuring that the story exhibits no explicit or implicit preference for one set of values over another.

A complete reliance on official sources

. Bias in journalism is…

A distorted and unfair perspective caused by the values of the writer or editor

In the eye of the beholder

An expression of opinion

Statements inadvertently containing factual errors

. News is not fake unless…

It comes from an opposing political party

There is a deliberate attempt to deceive

Someone calls it fake

The reporting is inept or sloppy

. Bias in journalism often manifests itself in…

A difficult-to-write story

The selection of topics that a site or publication chooses to cover or not cover

All stories produced by a partisan reporter

Stories that contain sufficient context

. Probably the most obvious indicator of bias is …

Faulty logic

Factual errors

The use of sources

The use of emotional and evaluative words to skew the audience's view

. The literal or primary meaning of words (sometimes called the dictionary meaning) is called…

Denotation

Connotation

Derogation

Biased use

. In the news business, opinion refers to…

Expressions of views that can be verified through objective evidence

Expressions of views that are biased or inaccurate

Expressions of views that often cannot be verified entirely through objective evidence

Statements of strong personal belief

. News becomes biased when it...

Reports facts that are disliked by some readers

Is reported by nonexperts

Introduces inaccuracies and unfairness caused by the writer's values

Introduces inaccuracies by accident

. Advocacy journalism is bad when it…

Advocates unpopular causes

Is partisan

Is strongly biased, unsupported, or unfair

Persuades no one

. Adam J. Schiffer, in his book Evaluating Media Bias, asserts that the popular claim of an overall, systematic leftward tilt in the media is…

Proven

Unsupported

Probably accurate

False

. Truth-telling in the media involves accuracy, completeness, objectivity, and lack of bias.

True

False

. In news reporting, the objective "view from nowhere" is impossible to achieve.

True

False

. Objectivity in journalism means ensuring that the story is told from every possible perspective.

True

False

. Denotation refers to the feelings and attitudes associated with words, associations beyond the literal meanings of a term.

True

False

. Bias is a distorted and unfair perspective caused by the values of the writer or editor.

True

False

. A very potent kind of news bias occurs when a story is presented without the context from which the reported events arose.

True

False

. In the news business, news is an account of events or situations that can be verified through objective evidence.

True

False

. Advocacy journalism is bad journalism.

True

False

. In the news, the assertion "Abortion should be legal in most cases" is a factual statement.

True

False

. In the news, the assertion "Immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally have some rights under the Constitution" is a factual statement.

True

False

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