3. Compare the news coverage for a political controversy on the Web sites of Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, NPR, and the wire services (AP and Reuters). What are the similarities? What are the differences? Then check the Web sites for both Media Matters for America and Media Research Center (or its offshoot, News-

Busters), and see how each of these media watchdogs criticizes the coverage.

What biases do the watchdogs themselves seem to spout?