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Biased vs. Objectivity
🌐ALL Websites are not alike! Some are more balanced, or objective than others.❗❗
A site that is biased considers only one side of an issue, or attempts to persuade the reader to accept a particular position on an issue.
A site that is objective provides all sides of an issue or problem.
🚨Examine these sites🚨
Using the information above, what are two ways in which each site demonstrates biased?
How to treat colds and flu:
Tylenol’s Cold and Flu page: http://www.tylenol.com (This site is biased. Why?)
The Pros and cons of being a vegetarian:
Vegetarian Resource Group: http://www.vrg.org/ (This site is Biased. Why?)
🛑Going Further:🛑
When Looking at the websites below, consider the following:
What is the site’s purpose?
Is there an author who is an expert on the subject who can be contacted?
Who is the sponsoring organization?
Is the objective or does it show a bias?
Is the site up-to-date?
Do the links work?
Are there grammar and/or spelling errors?
The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus - https://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/
(Biased because it is a site that uses satire - exaggerated information that is not accurate)
Snowblower.com - https://www.snowblower.com/
(Objective - Because it has information on many different snowblowers)
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