Credibility
People’s opinions on a topic often skew the actual facts and details of the problem. People’s biased views and opinions are usually thwarted into our media and articles today, causing a perpetuation of misinformation amongst the readers. Abortion is a very controversial topic today and many media sources reveal bias of some form. Through different viewpoints on abortion(like religiously, socially, and scientifically) we see the background and reasoning behind each of their choices. Public Opinion on Abortion” written by Megan Thee discusses the public's different views on abortion and if they support it or not. A neutral stance and contains lots of fact and statistics on abortion decisions. “Abortion” publicated by Gale, looks through …show more content…
It is a more biased article because writer takes a slight side, but still gives many valid reasoning and facts. “The Choice of a Pregnant Woman Always Outweighs the Life of a Fetus” written by Peter Singer, discusses about the bans on abortion in the developing world, the ethical right to life based on the human species, and a woman’s interest of herself in her decision of abortion. A very one sided argument but provides many facts and valid reasoning to support. Addressing abortion terms, pro-choice are people who support abortion and believe the woman should decide what to do with her body, while pro-life are people who opposed to abortion and believe in the life of all babies. In order to prevent the perpetuation of misinformation, the media must be able to recognize bias in the media. For example the article “Public Opinion on Abortion” by Megan Thee stays neutral on the opinion of abortion and considers different views on abortion supporting with facts, while the article “Abortion” and “The Choice of a Pregnant Woman Always Outweighs the Life of a Fetus”, although looks through many perspectives and contains many statistics, still holds a strong bias towards pro-choice as seen through author’s tone and …show more content…
“Behind the battles are divergent views on when human life begins, the rights a woman has over her own body, and government interference in the private lives of individuals.” Credible because addresses different views and the problems that arise when thinking about abortion. Analyzes the different perspectives. “While the pro-life side believes that ‘abortion is murder,’ pro-choice supporters say that those opposed to abortion are against free choice and the rights of women.” Authors makes it seems like all pro-life supporters seem that they are against women and want to see them suffer. Writer only puts negative connotation to the choice a person has made. Clearly, the outlook shows her biased towards pro-choice. Her biases shows the discredibility and failure to remain neutral to let the reader make their own choices. ” Pro-life advocates continue to pressure politicians to outlaw abortion, largely on religious and moral grounds, while pro-choice groups struggle to protect a woman’s right to choose.” Reader can view the pro-life as a forceful and shortsighted group of people because author makes it seem like that through the use of her negative diction like “pressure politicians”. While with pro-choice she uses phrases like “struggle to protect” and reader pities with them and will come to an understanding with them. It is a negative on society because it forces the reader to
People’s opinions on a topic often skew the actual facts and details of the problem. People’s biased views and opinions are usually thwarted into our media and articles today, causing a perpetuation of misinformation amongst the readers. Abortion is a very controversial topic today and many media sources reveal bias of some form. Through different viewpoints on abortion(like religiously, socially, and scientifically) we see the background and reasoning behind each of their choices. Public Opinion on Abortion” written by Megan Thee discusses the public's different views on abortion and if they support it or not. A neutral stance and contains lots of fact and statistics on abortion decisions. “Abortion” publicated by Gale, looks through …show more content…
It is a more biased article because writer takes a slight side, but still gives many valid reasoning and facts. “The Choice of a Pregnant Woman Always Outweighs the Life of a Fetus” written by Peter Singer, discusses about the bans on abortion in the developing world, the ethical right to life based on the human species, and a woman’s interest of herself in her decision of abortion. A very one sided argument but provides many facts and valid reasoning to support. Addressing abortion terms, pro-choice are people who support abortion and believe the woman should decide what to do with her body, while pro-life are people who opposed to abortion and believe in the life of all babies. In order to prevent the perpetuation of misinformation, the media must be able to recognize bias in the media. For example the article “Public Opinion on Abortion” by Megan Thee stays neutral on the opinion of abortion and considers different views on abortion supporting with facts, while the article “Abortion” and “The Choice of a Pregnant Woman Always Outweighs the Life of a Fetus”, although looks through many perspectives and contains many statistics, still holds a strong bias towards pro-choice as seen through author’s tone and …show more content…
“Behind the battles are divergent views on when human life begins, the rights a woman has over her own body, and government interference in the private lives of individuals.” Credible because addresses different views and the problems that arise when thinking about abortion. Analyzes the different perspectives. “While the pro-life side believes that ‘abortion is murder,’ pro-choice supporters say that those opposed to abortion are against free choice and the rights of women.” Authors makes it seems like all pro-life supporters seem that they are against women and want to see them suffer. Writer only puts negative connotation to the choice a person has made. Clearly, the outlook shows her biased towards pro-choice. Her biases shows the discredibility and failure to remain neutral to let the reader make their own choices. ” Pro-life advocates continue to pressure politicians to outlaw abortion, largely on religious and moral grounds, while pro-choice groups struggle to protect a woman’s right to choose.” Reader can view the pro-life as a forceful and shortsighted group of people because author makes it seem like that through the use of her negative diction like “pressure politicians”. While with pro-choice she uses phrases like “struggle to protect” and reader pities with them and will come to an understanding with them. It is a negative on society because it forces the reader to