Can a newspaper article be facts-only and biased at the same time?

Answer 1

I think so. Bias is usually opinions but if someone is reporting the facts of something but only uses facts that show bias...then that's possible. Meaning they could leave out facts that would show the opposite side. For example, in a campaign, a commercial or the news can state some things about a politician that weren't so great and leave out good things that they've done.

Answer 2

For an example of misuse of facts to present nothing but "true" items and convey a completely different idea than the items intended use try either of the following:
1] Search on yahoo! or Google for "Brokeback to the Future" video. It's pretty funny. Now, yes, the movies are not true, they're fiction, but the video completely changes what the movies were about without editing anything, just by using certain parts put together.
2] Watch just about any TV preacher'evangelist/pastor whatever as they read a few words here, then flip several chapters or even books away and read a few more words, etc etc taking everything they're "preaching" out of context and giving a competely different idea than what the entire chapters would have when read properly.

Answer 3

Sure, there are many ways to lead readers or listeners , or set the tone for interpretation. Our language can be tricky , intonation, emphasis, exclusion of information or inclusion of additional info. Timing and where its placed , the title. Surrounding articles , even who it's written by can make a difference, if there is commentary relative to the facts and only one side is presented, this can weigh interpretation.

If reporting were nothing more then a publication of "fact" and statistics and the "fact" is indeed a fact in black and white, Then it would hardly be an art or event.Of course gathering accurate information and reporting it is the bottom line. How it's done is a whole other story or two or three.

The way a story is told can completley destroy a man's livlihood or create a legend. . by telling too much , can cause chaos and not telling enough can be a major manipulation of the public.

there is a kind or soft way of saying something
a matter of fact way
and a cruel or derogatory way

Answer 4

Most Newspaper reports particularly given thru police statements breifings are 10000000000000000000000 % LIES. No one can be able to lie like that.

Other reports easily expouse what stand the newspaper promoters take and where they are sided. In India ther is one newspaper whom would write anything about anybody for money.

The news paper name starts with D and they chronicle a lot of this kind of cheap reports.

Answer 5

Easily. Let me give you an example.

non-bias
"Nazi Germany is reported to have killed an estimated 6 million Jews during the time period of World War II."

biased
"The most evil of Nazi Germany's deeds was the genocidal fascination Hitler had with Jews that led to the cold-blooded murder of an estimated 6 million of the Jewish race."

It all has to do with the wording, how it's intoned and what adjectives are used.

Answer 6

Yes, because they could still choose which facts to print and not print and they could word the facts in such a way that it read badly. For example:

100% of people who take paracetomol more than twice in their life will die. - this reads like a "fact" and is shocking, but the fact is that 100% of people will die anyway, it doesn't say that they will die straight afterwards, but your mind tells you that and the paper has merely left out the word "eventually." - Everyone will die "eventually."

Answer 7

Yes. If only selected facts are used, then it is both factual and biased. It may be the truth and nothing but the truth, but it isn't the whole truth.

Answer 8

Of course.

A journalist may use only facts, but they have the ability to CHOOSE what facts to use, and this can severely inhibit the ability of them to be fair and unbiased in their piece due to their own personal opinions.