Article: "SMU opens with sobering mission" printed in Dallas Morning News Aug. 26, 2007.
This article was published just at SMU began its school year after a previous semester in which three student deaths took place. The article’s purpose was to see what SMU is doing now to try and prevent similar future tragedies. The article interviewed a faculty, administration members and parents, but failed to interview students. Since this article is about SMU and since the students make up the university, why would their opinions NOT be included in the article? I think this omission makes the article biased.
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Whitney,
I don't really agree with your comments about the Blow piece -- that is an opinion column, and he is entitled to his opinions. Bias really is not an issue. The other two examples are better. The kayak piece is a good example of visual bias -- a story picked up because of the good visuals. And I agree, ideally students would have been included in the DMN story about SMU. They are missing that perspective.
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