Ethan+Barnes

This is a news article about the Olympic Gold Medal Game for Men's Hockey between Canada and the US which occurred in Vancouver BC on Feb. 28th. The news article is from an American newspaper in Toledo, Ohio. It is a good representation of American bias towards the results of this particular hockey game. In the very first sentence the writer reveals a sarcastic anger toward Canada when it says that our "national honour" has been served. Throughout the article it continues to undermine not only the Canadian Olympic Hockey Team and Canadian fans, but also the entire Canadian Olympics with statements such as "The pall of a luger's death, a series of embarrassing glitches, a first half so dismal the hosts concemedia type="custom" key="5672017" align="left"ded the medals race, a loss to the upstart Americans in a preliminary game. All but forgotten". The writer also emphasizes heavily on Zach Parise's tieing goal and the fact that America was not expected to come close to winning the gold but very little upon the successes of the Canadian team. This article gives the overall impression to the reader that, even though the whole world was against them, America put up a heroically valiant stand against the hugely superior Canadian team. All of which is grossly over-exaggerated. All in all I believe that this article is a good example of bias in the media.