Compare And Contrast News And Deseret News

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Different news sources or news reporters frame stories and show bias when reporting about General Conference. The Deseret News, a church-owned newspaper, uses framing to focus on the good messages delivered by the general authorities of the church. Conversely, the Salt Lake Tribune uses framing to show how the messages delivered are potentially homophobic and bigoted. These news sources are covering the same event, but through framing, choose which messages they want to focus on.

Media bias is also present in the reporting of the two news sources. Because the Deseret News is church owned, they mainly report on the positive things the church is doing around the world and how the church affects its members for the better. On the contrary,

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