Jim Morrison once quoted “Whoever controls the media, controls the mind.” To illustrate, about one in two people worldwide follow the news daily, therefore, is it safe to assume that we are being brainwashed? Perhaps the secret lies in the word, bias. Bias is a prejudice towards a certain side to an argument, when used in media, it can change the way information is perceived. By way of example, Photographer of ‘horrible thin’ polar bear hopes to inspire climate change fight (CBC) is far more biased towards fighting climate change than, Photographing skinny polar bears: First person (OD news) by title and contexts. That is to say, the first quote is much more personal and imposing of a particular opinion on the topic, while the second quote
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Langenberger, a german nationalists who said “It was totally clear to everybody that the bear will not survive more than a few days.” This powerful message is implied and yet to occur, however, she was already stating so. Furthermore, it is over exaggerating a negative result, that the bear will die, and seems to give us an impression that we are the ones responsible for such torture to occur. In OD news, the context is far more free of bias as there was no quotes shown. There way of explaining the polar bear was “The image, at once shocking and heartbreaking, shows an emaciated polar bear stumbling across the top of an ice floe off the coast of Svalbard.” No harmful regret seems to impact one’s mind when reading this line of the scene.
In conclusion, CBC news articles are far more biased than OD news judging by the context and titles. For example, both of their descriptions are written differently, and some lines are over exaggerated, misleading people to believe something different had happened. If one wants to be free of bias, he/she should search for multiple sources and obtain the gist of what is occurring. This way, as Jim Morrison once claimed, we will not be
Langenberger, a german nationalists who said “It was totally clear to everybody that the bear will not survive more than a few days.” This powerful message is implied and yet to occur, however, she was already stating so. Furthermore, it is over exaggerating a negative result, that the bear will die, and seems to give us an impression that we are the ones responsible for such torture to occur. In OD news, the context is far more free of bias as there was no quotes shown. There way of explaining the polar bear was “The image, at once shocking and heartbreaking, shows an emaciated polar bear stumbling across the top of an ice floe off the coast of Svalbard.” No harmful regret seems to impact one’s mind when reading this line of the scene.
In conclusion, CBC news articles are far more biased than OD news judging by the context and titles. For example, both of their descriptions are written differently, and some lines are over exaggerated, misleading people to believe something different had happened. If one wants to be free of bias, he/she should search for multiple sources and obtain the gist of what is occurring. This way, as Jim Morrison once claimed, we will not be