Examples of Bias in Articles by Zandra Roper https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5 Made with wonder en-us 2022-03-03 15:51:54 UTC 2025-12-31 11:48:49 UTC hello@padlet.com Unsubstantiatedclaims/Omission of SourceAttribution https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076308323 “But some say Beijing is trying to diffuse criticism”]]> 2022-03-03 17:28:21 UTC https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076308323 Spin The body of the article says “the severity of the outbreak” but it doesn’t give you any examples of what makes it severe. https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076310583 2022-03-03 17:29:25 UTC https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076310583 opinion statements presented as facts: "on todays menu: day-by-day, month-by-month breakdown of Chinas coronavirus coverup and the irreparable damage it has caused around the globe." https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076313361 2022-03-03 17:30:50 UTC https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076313361 Roper - #1 - Slant "falsify/falsified" used 4+ times roperz https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076313596 2022-03-03 17:30:58 UTC https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076313596 Opinion Statements Presented as facts, "Why you should be skeptical" is not a fact, its an opinion https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076315747 2022-03-03 17:32:00 UTC https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076315747 https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076317677 Spin the body of the article says "the severity of the outbreak" but it doesn't give you any pieces of evidence.]]> 2022-03-03 17:32:59 UTC https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076317677 mind reading - "China is [...] hoping to build political ties and defuse criticism" https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076320093 by wes

]]> 2022-03-03 17:34:11 UTC https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076320093 Emotionalism/Sensationalism https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076321718 “But also gave officials incentives to misrepresent the truth” incentives usually implies negative things]]> 2022-03-03 17:35:02 UTC https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076321718 unsubstantiated claims - "Numbers have long defined Chinese politics" https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076322596 2022-03-03 17:35:30 UTC https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076322596 Flawed Logic https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076324656 "Misrepresent the truth and falsify statistics."


]]> 2022-03-03 17:36:32 UTC https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076324656 https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076435967 That covid can never be fixed “Irreparable damage”]]> 2022-03-03 18:34:58 UTC https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076435967 Opinion Statements as facts https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076437040 “...one of early missteps to a nation that acted decisively to bring the outbreak under control.”]]> 2022-03-03 18:35:34 UTC https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076437040 https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076437050 Opinion Statements
Presented as Facts.-
 “But at this early day, we can see all kinds of moments where different decisions could have lessened the severity of the outbreak we are currently enduring.”
]]> 2022-03-03 18:35:34 UTC https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076437050 #2 Unsubstantiated Claims https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076437800 “You have probably heard variations” 
But what if we haven't!!]]> 2022-03-03 18:36:00 UTC https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076437800 Spin https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076437965 “What you have probably not heard is how emphatically, loudly, and repeatedly the Chinese....."]]> 2022-03-03 18:36:05 UTC https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076437965 https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076438711 More can be done to fight coivd 19 “Not nearly robust enough”]]> 2022-03-03 18:36:30 UTC https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076438711 https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076438761 Mind Reading- 
“Hoping to build political ties and defuse criticism.”]]> 2022-03-03 18:36:32 UTC https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076438761 Slant https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076439099 “China has reported fewer and fewer coronavirus cases over the past few weeks, culminating in a statement that Wuhan had seen zero new local cases for 4 day in a row...”]]> 2022-03-03 18:36:43 UTC https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076439099 #2 Unsubstantiated Claims https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076439372 “But some say Beijing is trying to defuse criticism.” ]]> 2022-03-03 18:36:53 UTC https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076439372 https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076440085 Flawed Logic-
 “Numbers have long defined Chinese politics.”]]> 2022-03-03 18:37:16 UTC https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076440085 Opinion Presented as Fact https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076440364 "Here's why you should be skeptical"]]> 2022-03-03 18:37:25 UTC https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076440364 #3 Opinion Statements Presented as Facts https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076440888 “Here’s why you should be skeptical.” 
SOME MIGHT NOT AGREE!]]> 2022-03-03 18:37:44 UTC https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076440888 Emotionalism/Sensationalism https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076440944 “The Comprehensive Timeline of China’s Covid-19 Lies.”]]> 2022-03-03 18:37:45 UTC https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076440944 Mind Reading https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076441956 “It’s part of an effort by the Communist Party to reshape the narrative, from one of early missteps to a nation that acted decisively to bring the outbreak under control.”]]> 2022-03-03 18:38:18 UTC https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076441956 the U.S. government’s response to this threat was not nearly robust enough, and not enacted anywhere near quickly enough https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076442354 2022-03-03 18:38:31 UTC https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076442354 https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076442578 Communist

"Reshape the narrative”]]> 2022-03-03 18:38:38 UTC https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076442578 Subjective Qualifying Adjectives https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076443195 “Here’s why you should be skeptical.]]> 2022-03-03 18:38:56 UTC https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076443195 #7 slant https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076445007 “Serbia’s president plans to be at the airport this weekend to welcome a shipment of medical supplies from his ‘brother and friend’,” ]]> 2022-03-03 18:39:54 UTC https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076445007 China, said Czech Interior Minister Jan Hamacek, is "the only country capable of supplying Europe with such amounts." https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076445366 2022-03-03 18:40:05 UTC https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076445366 https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076446226 “Can we trust”]]> 2022-03-03 18:40:35 UTC https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076446226 Such shifts would probably be subtle — not hundreds or thousands of hidden deaths, but instead excluding deaths that could be attributed to other types of pneumonia or heart failure, for instance. https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076446251 2022-03-03 18:40:36 UTC https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076446251 https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076446660 “Disstorted”]]> 2022-03-03 18:40:50 UTC https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076446660 Omission of Source Contribution https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076450003 "Chinese Authorities denied that the virus could be  transfered..."
The forget to mention WHICH authorities said this.]]> 2022-03-03 18:42:34 UTC https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076450003 Spin https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076455762 Altruism or Public Relations?
the way that the question is written makes it obvious what the writer thinks, the article would have had a whole different tone if it had been
"Public Relations or Altruism?"]]> 2022-03-03 18:45:35 UTC https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076455762 Opinion Statements Presented as facts https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076464129 "CLEARLY the U.S governments response to this threat was not nearly robust enough" 

(I know this was already said but i wanted to make the type of bias it is clear)]]> 2022-03-03 18:50:10 UTC https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076464129 Bias by viewpoint placement https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076472116 "Here's an example. Research I published in 2016...." 
Uses their own research as "proof" ]]> 2022-03-03 18:54:29 UTC https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076472116 Bias by Omission https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076473441 "Research I published in 2016 shows that provinces reported jumps in GDP growth around the times local officials came up for promotion, but they were'nt reporting parallel levels of of highly correlated statistics like Electricity."
They reglect to mention a very specific time this happened.]]> 2022-03-03 18:55:14 UTC https://padlet.com/roperz/hhhv64i85yiamgx5/wish/2076473441