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media bias
UK/ˈmiːdiə ˈbaɪəs/US/ˈmidiə ˈbaɪəs/ME·di·a BI·as
Band 7+task2speaking
a tendency for news organisations to present information unfairly in favour of one side
Examples
“Accusations of media bias are common during election campaigns.”
“Scholars study how media bias affects public opinion.”
“Complaints about media bias often focus on language and story selection.”
Band 8 sentence
“Researchers found clear evidence of media bias when several outlets consistently framed the same event in different ways.”
Collocations
- allegations of media bias
- combat media bias
Word family
bias nounbiased adj
Common mistakes
the media are bias→the media are biased
Say it for a higher band
5the news is unfair→6press bias→7+media bias
Synonyms
press bias
Easily confused
editorial bias
“The columnist accused the paper of editorial bias.”
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