Media industry has a responsibility to recognise and overcome its own biases
Where and how people source their news reinforces their biases because of the ideological slants of media organisations.
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Tag: media bias
Tips for managing bias in the newsroom
Though we may not necessarily think so, we all harbour extensive cognitive bias, of which we are aware to a ...
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The Sanef Commission on Ethical Journalism: A wish granted
The South African National Editors Forum has announced it will establish an inquiry into media ethics in 2019.
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Why the media is not ‘the enemy of the people’
The truth is the people are their own worst enemies. We are creating a world that fosters this divisiveness. We ...
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Research shows four in five experts cited in online news are men
Who we see explaining the world around us sends a strong symbolic signal about whose views we value, and what ...
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Intense invective: The media’s role in political dirty tricks
SA is taking lessons from politicians and the media in the US in terms of the intensity of vicious backstabbing, ...
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