When identifying factual content in an editorial, you should do which of the following? Select all that apply. Identify verifiable facts. look for bias. be objective. use background knowledge. make judgements.

11 form of media distortion and examples of its use in popular media outlets.

Explanation:

11 Types of Media Bias

and how to spot them

1. Spin

2. Unsubstantiated Claims

3. Opinion Statements Presented as Facts

4. Sensationalism/Emotionalism

5. Mudslinging/Ad Hominem

6. Mind Reading

7. Slant

8. Flawed Logic

9. Bias by Omission

10. Omission of Source Attribution

11. Bias by Placement

1. Spin is a form of media distortion that means subtly, dramatically or sensationally.  

2.  Journalists make claims without evidence to support them, sometimes without any substantiated arguments in their coverage. This may take place in the headline or in the body of a post.  

3. Opinion Claims Interpreted as Reality Journalists sometimes use subjective terminology or claims objectively.

4. Sensationalization is a kind of media distortion that portrays information in a way that gives a surprise or creates a profound impression.

5. Mudslinging is a kind of media partiality when people talk about unfair or insulting things to undermine their credibility.

6. Lecture in the mind is a form of media bias which occurs in journalism when a writer supposes that he knows what someone else believes or that his way of seeing the world reflects the way the world really is.

7. Slant is a kind of media bias that says only part of a story by journalists.

8. Flawed logic or wrong thinking is a way of misrepresenting people's views or reaching conclusions not supported by the evidence given.  

9. Undermining is a type of media choice in which media outlets opt out of certain stories or withhold information that supports an alternative point of view.

10. The history or context of a report, including identifying sources (publishing facts in "on record"), should be given in a concise and balanced article.

11. Story placement distortion is one form of positioning distortion. The stories of a media outlet on its webpage or in print show the stories they want you to know, even if you read nothing else on the internet or in the book.

active voice: my father cut the tree.

passive voice: the tree was cut by my father.

active voice: people buy newspapers every day.

passive voice: newspapers are bought (by people) every day.

active voice: people have been using movies as political propaganda since world war ii.

passive voice: movies have been used as political propaganda since world war ii.

active voice: donna gave me my birthday present.

passive voice: i was given my birthday present (by donna). / my birthday present was given to me (by donna).

active voice: mom will leave the keys on the counter.

passive voice: the keys will be left (by mom) on the counter.

the words in parentheses are the agent of the passive voice and can be omitted when obvious, generic, or simply unnecessary.