It is easy for a writer to leave out facts, whether they are important or not. By leaving out certain facts in an article, it only gives the reader one side of the situation. A writer can either give the good side or the bad. Very rarely will a reader get both sides of the product or incident. The Globe and Mail, on October 7, 1999, demonstrates this bias in the article " To your health", by printing about how alcohol can "help repair liver damage", but what it does not print are the negative effects alcohol can have on people. The readers read the good in drinking, but they do not see the other side effects of doing so. The Toronto Star, on November 1, 1999, in the article, "Chronic sleep debt may raise risk of diabetes", also uses bias through omission. This article talks about how less sleep can harm a person's health, especially the younger generation. When the actual study is done, the only people tested were young males, eliminating the females and the elders; "the study involved 11 healthy young men". Although the study is done, the only results given are for young men. The body of a man and a woman are different; therefore, both need separate results, as well as elders. By only printing the results of the men, the article has eliminated the women and the elders. Eliminating certain information can leave the reader unaware with the information given. Omission is a strong type of bias that is used in many
It is easy for a writer to leave out facts, whether they are important or not. By leaving out certain facts in an article, it only gives the reader one side of the situation. A writer can either give the good side or the bad. Very rarely will a reader get both sides of the product or incident. The Globe and Mail, on October 7, 1999, demonstrates this bias in the article " To your health", by printing about how alcohol can "help repair liver damage", but what it does not print are the negative effects alcohol can have on people. The readers read the good in drinking, but they do not see the other side effects of doing so. The Toronto Star, on November 1, 1999, in the article, "Chronic sleep debt may raise risk of diabetes", also uses bias through omission. This article talks about how less sleep can harm a person's health, especially the younger generation. When the actual study is done, the only people tested were young males, eliminating the females and the elders; "the study involved 11 healthy young men". Although the study is done, the only results given are for young men. The body of a man and a woman are different; therefore, both need separate results, as well as elders. By only printing the results of the men, the article has eliminated the women and the elders. Eliminating certain information can leave the reader unaware with the information given. Omission is a strong type of bias that is used in many