by Jacob Rueda
It is clear that nowadays, when it comes to news and information, people rarely read past the headline. They base their conclusions on their proverbial "gut feeling" on what they think not just what the story will be about, but how it will be told.
Some writers make bias plainly obvious in their headlines. Meanwhile, others simply state the facts: this is what is happening, the story is about this and by reading it, a person becomes informed on the topic mentioned in the headline.
In other words, one type of headline is meant to slant a view while another simply aims to inform on something that is happening.
Twisting narratives is a game played way too often in today's news and media-saturated world. However, for the savvy news consumer, there is a way to spot bias in headlines and story telling.
This video presented by TheLine.Info illustrates how writers inject bias into headlines and how readers can spot that bias to avoid slant or spin in the stories they read.
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