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  2. Evening Standard - Wikipedia

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    The Evening Standard, formerly The Standard (1827–1904), is a local free daily newspaper in London, England, published Monday to Friday in tabloid format. In October 2009, after being purchased by Russian businessman Alexander Lebedev, the paper ended a 180-year history of paid circulation and became a free newspaper, doubling its circulation ...

  3. List of fake news websites - Wikipedia

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    The man behind one of America's biggest 'fake news' websites is a former BBC worker from London whose mother writes many of his stories. Sean Adl-Tabatabai, 35, runs YourNewsWire.com, the source of scores of dubious news stories, including claims that the Queen had threatened to abdicate if the UK voted against Brexit.

  4. List of newspapers in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Black Country Bugle – weekly look at the history of the Black Country, published in newspaper format. Bulletin – online only UK newspaper. Classic Car Weekly – weekly newspaper for the classic car enthusiast. The Day – online daily newspaper for schools. The Economist – weekly news-focused magazine.

  5. Media bias in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Claims of media bias generally focus on the idea of media outlets reporting news in a way that seems partisan. Other claims argue that outlets sometimes sacrifice objectivity in pursuit of growth or profits. Some academics in fields like media studies, journalism, communication, political science and economics have looked at bias of the news ...

  6. List of cognitive biases - Wikipedia

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    Many researchers suggest that unconscious bias occurs automatically as the brain makes quick judgments based on past experiences and background. Unit bias: The standard suggested amount of consumption (e.g., food serving size) is perceived to be appropriate, and a person would consume it all even if it is too much for this particular person.

  7. Bias - Wikipedia

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    Media bias is the bias or perceived bias of journalists and news producers within the mass media in the selection of events, the stories that are reported, and how they are covered. The term generally implies a pervasive or widespread bias violating the standards of journalism , rather than the perspective of an individual journalist or article ...

  8. Unbiased estimation of standard deviation - Wikipedia

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    Bias in standard deviation for autocorrelated data. The figure shows the ratio of the estimated standard deviation to its known value (which can be calculated analytically for this digital filter), for several settings of α as a function of sample size n. Changing α alters the variance reduction ratio of the filter, which is known to be

  9. Criticism of the BBC - Wikipedia

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    The British Broadcasting Corporation ( BBC) took its present form on 1 January 1927 when John Reith became its first Director-General. Reith stated that impartiality and objectivity were the essence of professionalism in its broadcasting. Allegations that the corporation lacks impartial and objective journalism are regularly made by observers ...