Detecting Bias in

I have a God-given
right to hunt. I have
dominion over
animals.

Writing
There are The hunter
generally t wo will tell you
sides to a story.
his side.

Then the lion Im not for the hunter or

the lion. I just dont want
up close interaction
bet ween them in my

has his
park on my watch.

version. Complexity occurs

with the challenge of The park/
safari ranger
having even more
Im not the aggressor.
Check with PETA, I

may have a
have rights too.

sides/vested interest perspective.

to a problem.

This was an
Guns dont kill
lions. People kill We have to be better unfortunate, isolated
lions. caretakers of our world incident. Guns arent
than this. the problem here. We

Imagine each side on

already have
regulations.

The gun
manufacturer Animal Pro-gun a soap box trying to
Rights
may want to organizations
organizations convince the world
have his say in of its own truth to
court.
garner support.
How tempting would it
be, in an effort to be Is it always easy to Lets build a vocabulary
persuasive, to cross the distinguish fact from as a baseline for future
line to sway an opinion? conversations.
audience to a particular
way of thinking?

What is slanted What is managed

What is bias?
information? information?

a.
Bias can occur in what Which of the following b.
c.
information is included, can inject bias and d.
excluded and word choice. prejudice in a report?
inflammatory language
racial epithets, slurs
both of these choices
neither of these choices
 An author could purposefully
demean or elevate a group Is it injecting bias into writing if
the author withholds, ignore
comparing them to another or all Is it bias if an author information that the opposing
others based on which of the consciously presents that
following? view in fair manner?
ser ves to tell only one side Discuss with your partner to
a. social position
b. ethnicity
of an event or issue? answer Yes or No
c. nationality
d. religion
e. gender

If the author
manufactures, falsifies Choose a side in the
and/or dishonestly cites Hunter vs. Lion
evidence in order to present Dilemma.
a view in a more favorable It can be any of the six point of views presented in
the introductory video. Build a presentation that you
light, is that biased? are sure to level any perspective except for the side
youve chosen. Write a script. Present it.