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Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.
a) Bias
b) Inherent Bias
c) Confirmation Bias
d) Political Bias

supporting or opposing a political party or ideology, such as Democrat vs. Republican or conservative vs. liberal.
a) Political Bias
b) Confirmation Bias
c) Inherent Bias
d) Cultural Bias

preference or intolerance for something based on your society’s cultural standards—for example, a bias toward democracy or against raising horses for meat.
a) Cultural Bias
b) Political Bias
c) Inherent Bias
d) Social Bias

favoring or disfavoring groups of people based on factors like race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, looks, disability, weight, age, etc.
a) Social Bias
b) Inherent Bias
c) Political Bias
d) Cultural Bias

only following news sources that are biased toward their own point of view
a) Confirmation Bias
b) Inherent Bias
c) Cultural Bias
d) Political Bias

Bias passed down from one generation to the next as kids grow up watching how people talk and behave.
a) Inherent Bias
b) Confirmation Bias
c) Cultural Bias
d) Political Bias

A piece of journalism intended to persuade the consumer to adopt or support a specific point of view about an issue or subject.
a) Opinion
b) Fact
c) Truth
d) Media

The plural form of the word “medium,” which is anything that acts as a channel for information. “Media” refers to anything that can convey information from one person or place to another.
a) Media
b) Opinion
c) Fact
d) Truth

In journalism, the process that begins with collecting facts and putting them in an order and context that is proven to be true and that clarifies reality
a) Truth
b) Fact
c) Opinion
d) Media

A statement that can be verified or shown to be true. Facts are the basis for credible news reports.
a) Fact
b) Truth
c) Opinion
d) Media

Openness and accountability. In journalism.
a) Transparency
b) Accountability
c) Context
d) Fairness

Responsibility for some activity, statement or action. In journalism, this includes being responsible for any errors that are made in reporting.
a) Accountability
b) Transparency
c) Fairness
d) Context

The set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation, event or fact.
a) Context
b) Fairness
c) Accountability
d) Transparency

In journalism, a standard that calls for journalists to approach their reporting in an honest, accurate way — without allowing their own biases to interfere. This includes considering and reporting on all relevant sides of a subject.
a) Fairness
b) Context
c) Accountability
d) Transparency

Information that is misleading, erroneous or false. While misinformation is sometimes created and shared intentionally, it is often created unintentionally or as humor (for example, satire) and later mistaken as a serious claim by others
a) Misinformation
b) Disinformation
c) Engagement Bait
d) Media

Misinformation that is deliberately created to be false, usually to achieve a desired ideological or political result.
a) Disinformation
b) Misinformation
c) Engagement Bait
d) Media

Social media content that is designed to get likes and shares (engagement), often using deceptive methods such as sharing false claims and fake or out-of-context images.
a) Engagement Bait
b) Disinformation
c) Misinformation
d) Media

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