The document discusses whether bias should be involved in factual writing. It acknowledges that some level of bias is unavoidable, as everyone has biases based on their background and views. It argues that bias can be acceptable in certain situations, such as when an expert in a field writes about an issue related to their area of expertise, as their opinions would be informed by their specialized knowledge. However, bias should not influence factual reporting when there is no relevant context for an opinion. It concludes that bias has a place in media and writing when needed, and readers must think critically about the biases and opinions presented alongside the facts in order to form their own views.

1. Bias in Factual writing
Should bias be involved in factual writing?
In this essay I will talk about being bias and whether or not it affects factual
writing. I will also talk about whether a bias opinion should be involved in
factual writing at all. I am going to state my own opinion and then write the good
and bad points about biasness.
I personally believe that being bias can be good and bad, there are circumstances
where there are no effects from a bias piece of media. If a scientist specialises in
marine biology and he is writing an article about destruction of habits you would
expect them to have a bias opinion against pollution and fossil fuels depending
on what the article is about. You would want his bias opinion because that is
what he specialises in and that is what he’s devoted his life to. You would also
expect that he would know what he was talking about if it’shis profession. It’s
down to you to take or leave what you want from the hypothetical article. His
bias opinion will be based on facts that he has learned himself from his chosen
bias source.
I don’t think biasness should be involved in factual media if there is no basis or
reason for it. A situation where this could be the case is an article about a natural
disaster in another country. If you hear about a natural disaster you only want to
hear about what has happened based on facts. You don’t want to hear the
reporter’s opinion on the culture of that country or any negative views they may
have. There are situations where no opinion need be involved, regardless of
whether its bias or not.
The difficult thing with biasness is the fact that everybody is bias to some extent.
Your biasness is what makes you, you and it shapes your opinions. If you are bias
towards something you tend to agree with it. If you are bias against something
you tend not to agree with it. This can mean that you will discard certain pieces
of media based on their source. This is how it is with every single person, this is
why biasness is not something you can regulate. An example of this would be
reading certain newspapers. If you are more right winged you may tend to read
newspapers like ‘the daily mail’ this is because they generally support
conservative views. If you are more left wing then you might not agree with
anything ‘The daily mail’ has to say. The ‘Guardian’ is seen as a more left wing
newspaper because of the views that it supports. The way in which people
approach either of these magazines is a perfect example of why biasness can be a
bad thing. This is because both parties’ will be more likely to discard things if it’s
in a newspaper they don’t agree with. An intelligent person always finds both
sides to a story so it’s not just down to bias opinions, it can also be down to
peoples ignorance and the want to believe everything they hear.
My opinion towards biasness is that it should be allowed in media and factual
writing when it’s necessary. If you stop bias opinions being allowed in media and
factual writing then you are essentially censoring things that people have to say.
Without bias opinions all fact based news stories would be the same. They would

2. all be sterile and tell you similar things whilst all trying to avoid being bias
towards something. Biasness is something that is unavoidable and realistically
no one would or could live without. There is the argument that if it’s factual it
doesn’t need a bias opinion it just needs facts and figures, but that’s just not true.
If you want any sort of feel or depth to a piece of writing you need an opinion. A
bias opinion can be good because you can contrast your opinion against it based
on the knowledge you have yourself. If there are two factual news articles in two
separate newspapers you may want to hear the different opinions from each side
of the fence.
To conclude I personally believe that it’s down to the person themselves to
decipher the opinions from the facts. People might be affected by bias opinions
subconsciously but there are always contrasting opinions to find out so then you
can build your own opinion. If you read one piece of information and it’s not
from a totally reliable source, why would you believe it straight away? It’s down
to you to shape the media you want to read or watch. If people want to believe
everything they read aimlessly, so be it, but I don’t think the media should have
to compromise for the general population’s stupidity.