Bias has been classically defined as favoring one point of view or another when presenting any type of information. Books, television, and newspaper articles often times will have their own spin on current events in order to promote a certain camp's way of thinking. Conservatives would probably look at a Fox news station more regularly than an MSNBC channel as the latter seems to be more liberal on issues.



It was discussed in the chapter 3 of the Hanson book that when we have opinions on anything, whether its the wars in the middle east or what is the best kind of pop tart, people will be extremely stubborn and not change their views on most issues. There was a great modern example of this principle in the Washington Post, July 24, 2006. This article brings up some interesting questions about the topic of bias and whether it really is made up by the media.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/23/AR2006072300512.html