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Article 1
Title: “Net Neutrality: How President Obama
Wants to rescue the Internet”
Source: ABC News
Date: 10 th November, 2014
Article 2
Title: “ The President Obama Aggressively
Into Net Neutrality Debate”
Source: The Wall Street Journal
Date: 10 th November, 2014
Word Choice -
Headlines : How
does the word
choice in each
headline differ?
How might this
indicate bias?
The inclusion of terms like "Rescue" in the
title gave me an indication that it would be
endorsing President Obama's proposal, and
the arguments presented to illustrate how this
strategy would secure consumers' interests
when accessing the internet. This headline
was biased because the choice of wording is
based on the positive side only while the
judgment right should be given to the reader.
The source of the article does not agree with
or support the proposal, as shown by the use
of words "Wades Aggressively." The phrases
used in the report represent the president in a
negative light and offer the impression of
racism in the headline wording for black
community or colored people have been
known by the stereotype that black people are
aggressive and also because the negative
connotation that could strongly influence the
readers.
Article: How does
the word choice
throughout the
body of each
article differ? How
might this indicate
bias? Cite specific
examples.