Identifying Media Bias Types in News Reporting

Types of Media Bias

Bias by Omission

Bias by omission involves leaving one side out of an article, or a series of articles over time. This includes ignoring facts that tend to disprove claims of one group or support beliefs of another group. Bias by omission can occur within a single story or over the long term as a news outlet reports on one set of events but not another.

Bias by Selection of Sources

Bias by selection of sources occurs when including more sources that support one view over another.

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Structuring Written Communication: Formal and Informal Genres

1. Formal Letter / Carta Formal Structure

Structure:

  • [Your Address]
  • [Date]
  • [Recipient’s Name / Position]
  • [Recipient’s Organisation]

Dear Sir/Madam / Dear Mr/Ms + Surname,

Paragraph 1 – Purpose

  • Explain why you are writing.
  • Refer to the input text (poster, email, notice, etc.).

Paragraph 2 – Details / Request / Explanation

  • Provide specific information, complaints, or suggestions.
  • Maintain a formal and objective tone.

Paragraph 3 – Additional Info / Next Steps

  • Explain what you expect or what you propose.
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Diabetes Mellitus: Clinical Diagnosis and Management

Chronic Complications of Diabetes Mellitus

Pathogenesis: Chronic hyperglycemia leads to the formation of Advanced Glycation End-products (AGEs), Protein Kinase C (PKC) activation, increased Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS), and the polyol pathway. These processes result in endothelial dysfunction, basement membrane thickening, and both microvascular and macrovascular damage.

Microvascular Complications

  • Retinopathy: Non-proliferative (microaneurysms, hemorrhages, cotton-wool spots, macular edema) and Proliferative
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Histopathology Tissue Processing Techniques and Principles

Aims of Tissue Processing

The basic aim of tissue processing is to provide sufficient rigidity to the tissue to be cut into thin sections for microscopic examination.

Principle of Processing

In tissue processing, the water within the tissue is removed, and another medium (usually paraffin wax) is impregnated into the tissue to provide adequate support.

Essential Steps in Tissue Processing

  1. Dehydration: In this step, water is removed from the tissue. Water is immiscible with wax; therefore, to infiltrate
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सामग्री की प्रबलता: तनाव, विकृति और प्रत्यास्थता स्थिरांक

सामग्री की प्रबलता (Strength of Materials – SOM)

संक्षिप्त उत्तर

1. तनाव (Stress) और विकृति (Strain)

  • तनाव (Stress): जब किसी वस्तु पर बाहरी बल लगाया जाता है, तो वस्तु के अंदर उस बल का विरोध करने वाला एक ‘आंतरिक प्रतिरोधी बल’ (Internal Resisting Force)
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Common Irregular English Verbs Conjugation

Essential English Irregular Verbs List

This list presents common English irregular verbs with their base form, past simple, past participle, and Spanish translation.

Verb Conjugations Table

  • Arise, arose, arisen (levantarse) | Pay, paid, paid (pagar)
  • Awake, awoke, awoken (despertar) | Put, put, put (poner)
  • Be, was/were, been (ser, estar) | Read, read, read (leer)
  • Beat, beat, beaten (batir, golpear) | Ride, rode, ridden (montar, pasear)
  • Become, became, become (llegar a ser) | Ring, rang, rung (sonar – timbre)
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Lexicology Principles: Word Meaning, Structure & Change

1. Lexicology’s connections with other disciplines

Lexicology is the branch of linguistics that focuses on words, their structure, meanings, origins, and functions within the vocabulary system of a language. Its study is impossible without considering its deep connections with other linguistic disciplines, because words do not exist in isolation; they are simultaneously semantic, morphological, phonological, stylistic, social, and cultural units.

Semantics is central to lexicology because analyzing

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Macroeconomic Theory and Indian Economic Perspectives

Understanding Macroeconomics

Macroeconomics studies the economy as a whole. It deals with national income, total output, employment, inflation, and economic growth. It focuses on overall economic performance rather than individual units. Examples include the GDP of a country, unemployment rates, inflation rates, and the overall price level.

Microeconomics vs. Macroeconomics

  • Microeconomics: Studies individual units of the economy, such as a single consumer, a firm, or the price of one product. It focuses
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Digital Marketing Fundamentals: Search, SEO, and E-commerce

Digital Marketing Fundamentals

What Are Search Engines and Their Purpose?

Search engines are web applications that locate, index, organize, and present information on the Internet related to a user’s query. They are used to help users find relevant information efficiently.

Search Engine Robots (Bots/Crawlers)

A robot (also called a bot, spider, or crawler) is a computer program used by search engines to crawl websites, collect information from web pages, and store it in indexes.

Understanding the PageRank

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Computerized Accounting Systems: Benefits, Components & TallyPrime

Computerized Accounting System

Computerized Accounting System (CAS) is an accounting information system that processes financial transactions using computer hardware and specialized accounting software to produce accounting records and reports. Instead of using traditional paper-based ledgers and journals, transactions are entered digitally, and the software automatically performs tasks such as:

  • Recording transactions in journals and ledgers.
  • Performing complex mathematical calculations.
  • Generating
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