1. What is Bias?

2. The Three Little Pigs
1. What is the story about?
2. Who is telling the story?
3. Who is/are the bad
guy(s) in this story?
How do we know (i.e.
evidence)?
4. Who is/are the good
guy(s) in this story?
How do we know (i.e.
evidence?)
5. What bias(es) can you
detect in this version of
the story?

3. The Wolf’s Perspective
1. What is the story about?
2. Who is telling the story?
3. Who is/are the bad guy(s) in
this story? How do we
know (i.e. evidence)?
4. Who is are the good guy(s)
in this story? How do we
know (i.e. evidence)?
5. What bias(es) can you detect
in this version of the story?

4. The Daily Show Fox News
• What bias did you • What bias did you
detect? detect?

5. Summary
• Bias exists in all media. • Bias alters the facts-- that’s
– Why? why we have to be able to
detect it!
• Bias can be developed • Look into the author’s
by many factors background, the sources
– What factors? being cited, and the manner
information is being
presented to detect bias.

6. Tomorrow!

7. Exit Ticket
• “If all media is biased, and bias
is misleading, is all media bad?”
• Give me at least 3
sentences.
• Turn it in before you
leave.
• Have a good day.