{"id":8276,"date":"2013-10-29T19:01:21","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T19:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/?page_id=8276"},"modified":"2025-12-09T11:04:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T17:04:55","slug":"bias","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/bias\/","title":{"rendered":"Bias"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>What is an Author&#8217;s Bias?<\/h1>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper fourthree\" title=\"Bias\" style=\"width:420px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_urpNGU25kc4\"><div id=\"lyte_urpNGU25kc4\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FurpNGU25kc4%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\">Bias<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/urpNGU25kc4\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FurpNGU25kc4%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Bias\" width=\"420\" height=\"295\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:420px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"accordion\"><input id=\"transcript\" type=\"checkbox\" class=\"spoiler_button\" \/><label for=\"transcript\">Transcript<\/label>\n<div class=\"spoiler\" id=\"transcript-spoiler\">\n<p>A bias is basically when an author is unfair or inaccurate in his or her presentation of something.<\/p>\n<p>In their attempt to persuade, authors often make mistakes in their thinking patterns and writing choices. This is because every author has a point of view, which is basically just the way they look at something, the way they see a certain situation.<\/p>\n<p>So, because they have this point of view, naturally in their writing they oftentimes will show their point of view through their writing. And so that\u2019s when a bias comes into play. And so it\u2019s not necessarily bad for an author to have a point of view; they\u2019re just naturally going to have one. But it is a problem when they start to include it in their writing, so that\u2019s when a bias comes into play. And so a bias is when someone ignores reasonable counterarguments or distorts opposing viewpoints.<\/p>\n<p>So, you as a reader need to be aware when an author is being biased. So look for any clues, like when they only talk about their own arguments for something and don\u2019t talk about any opposing ideas. 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