Bias is hard to avoid, but it can be really damaging - leading us to make poor choices without fairly weighing up the facts. This episode looks at bias in the media and why it can be particularly damaging.

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(11 Dec 2017) White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders argues with reporters during the White House briefing Monday over what she described as honest media mistakes versus "purposefully misleading the American people."
Sanders said the morning rush-hour attack in New York's subway underscored "the need for immigration reforms."
Authorities have identified the attacker as 27-year-old Akayed Ullah. Law enforcement officials say he came to the U.S. from Bangladesh seven years ago with a type of preferential visa for people with relatives who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
The White House also is pushing back on sexual misconduct allegations against President Donald Trump, saying he has already denied them.
Three women who previously accused Trump of sexual harassment shared their stories Monday on NBC's "Megyn Kelly Today." They're calling for a congressional investigation.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says Trump "has addressed these accusations directly and denied all of these allegations."
She says the people decided in November to elect him regardless.
Jessica Leeds, Samantha Holvey and Rachel Crooks are among the women who have alleged harassment by Trump.
The White House has called the claims false and "totally disputed in most cases."
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations has said the women should be heard.

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How do we choose which news to consume? Get the scoop on how opinions and facts affect the news and how to tell them apart.

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With the advent of the Internet and social media, news is distributed at an incredible rate by an unprecedented number of different media outlets. How do we choose which news to consume? Damon Brown gives the inside scoop on how the opinions and facts (and sometimes non-facts) make their way into the news and how the smart reader can tell them apart.

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It's not news that the UK media applies double standards in its reporting, but some of the latest shameless angles and even objective lies means that press reform is not only in Labour's interests, but the case for it being urgent is strong.

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“I do hope that there is not only another debate, but another debate that is run in a way where the candidates can actually talk directly to each other.”

Vivek Ramaswamy on ABC News’ biased moderators.

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I recently put on a “can you spot the bias?” exercise during a conference and was pleased to see participants point out all sorts of things.  From the graphics used on the screen to the amount of time given to candidates to adjectives that some felt went too far, participants uncovered all sorts of problems.

What do you spot? Add to the comments below.

Robert Reich breaks down how the mainstream media draws a false equivalence between the right and the left and misleads the public about what's really at stake.

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The mainstream media has historically tried to balance left and right in its political coverage, and present what it views as a reasonable center.
That may sound good in theory. But the old politics no longer exists and the former labels “left” versus “right” are outdated. Today it’s democracy versus authoritarianism, voting rights versus white supremacy.

There’s no reasonable center between these positions, no justifiable compromise. Equating them is misleading and dangerous. Don't fall for it.

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Reporters often suck up to Democrats, but interrupt and cut off Republicans.

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Hostile interruptions are easy to notice. Other media bias is more subtle.

Until this year, the media always covered Iowa Caucus victory speeches.

But when Trump won, CNN cut away from his speech
Some say it’s not responsible to broadcast Trump live because he lies so much.

But Biden lies too.

We reporters can point that out.

That’s better than censoring candidates’ speeches.

The media should let us listen and decide for ourselves.

Vanessa Otero set out to rank an ever-growing partisan media landscape, with the belief that an informed public is a better public.

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