With all the information that’s out there these days, it’s important to be able to recognize bias in the news. If a newspaper article is biased, this means that an unfair preference for someone or something affected the way the reporter wrote the piece. The reporter might favor one side of a debate or a particular politician, and this could cloud the reporting. Sometimes, reporters don’t even mean to be biased; they may do it by accident or because they didn’t do enough research. To wade through this kind of reporting, you’ll need to read very carefully, and you may even need to do your own research.