Media Bias

1. Attendance
2. Current Events (Read)
1. Obama Calls for NSA Surveillence Restructuring
2. Putin: Gays At Olympics Safe If they "Leave Kids Alone"
3. Warm-Up #2: Do you believe the media, as a whole, has a certain form of bias?  If so, describe that bias. If not, explain why not.
4. News Discussion (optional)
1. News Reading - How stories are structured
5. Issue #2:  Bias 
• Does the media have a liberal bias?
• Ex: Chris Matthews in 2008 Election
• Sean Hannity's Case for Liberal Media Bias
• Other Arguments for liberal bias
• Analysis of Bias in Akin Story
• Debate:  Should the news media be patriotic?
• Noam Chomsky's Case for Conservative Media Bias
• Concluding Analysis
• Three Types of Bias
• Severity & Intent
• Equivalence Arguments
6. On Wednesday - Short Test (Essay Only)