Does it mean what you think it means?

• Does it mean what you think it means?
  • Journalistic standards?
  • How is bias framed?
    • What Fox viewers see, coverage of POTUS, the even CNN narrative
    • Research logic underlying (liberal) bias
    • What CNN viewers see , the even Fox narrative,
    • Noam Chomsky and Justin Lewis on bias
    • The president and the press; fake news
  • Political “debate” as “entertainment” (O’Reilly and Geraldo, McGlaughlin Group), echoing off YouTube and other social media
  • Parodies: Can you tell the difference?
    • Money hole parody; special campaign dispatch; McGlaughlin Group
    • Different news consumption habits
  • Left/Right comparisons (stereotypes)
    • red and blue states, the landslide county phenomenon (and the big sort)
    • Jon Stewart mortally wounds Crossfire
    • Today: Division and partisan bias
  • Another kind of bias? What makes for good ratings ‘bait?’
  • Analogies: Coke and Pepsi, anyone (or disambiguation)
    • Pepsi–Pepsi–Pepsi  (okay, but this??)
    • CNN vs Fox vs MSNBC? Muslim vs Christian? Yankees vs Red Sox?
    • Republican vs Democrat?
  • Other issues related to bias
    • Journalists vs their employers
    • Press and public opinion
    • Pierce’s ‘Rules‘
  • Does it matter (sometimes)? What about social media? Possible consequences?
  • A different question: Is the press free to report as it sees fit? Where’s the US ranked? Why?
  • Some advice