political bias
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpoliticalandbias
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political
adjective
uk/pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl/us/pəˈlɪt̬.ə.kəl/
relating ...
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bias
noun
uk/ˈbaɪ.əs/us/ˈbaɪ.əs/
the action of supporting or opposing a particular person or thing in an unfair way, because of allowing personal opinions to influence ...
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(Definition ofpoliticalandbiasfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The reader might wonder about the role ofpoliticalbiasin attending to these petitioners.
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These include poor beneficiary targeting, lack of inter-ministerial coordination, inadequate monitoring, clientelism, weak accountability and allegedpoliticalbias.
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As a result, papers began to drop overtpoliticalbiasand proclaim their independence in covering news of government and politics.
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However,politicalbiasis generally missing from most entries and the introduction, the authors avoiding ideological rhetoric and presenting straightforward scholarly presentations of the subject matter.
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The bulk of the papers share a common ideological andpoliticalbias(support for minority languages and communities in their struggles to achieve voice and equity within mainstream cultures).
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The first challenge is to ensure that economic evaluations are carried out scientifically without industrial orpoliticalbiasby improving their transparency and accountability (16;31;39).
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Illustrated with recordings, film, and photographs of events, various songs written or re-written to counteract thepoliticalbiasof the media were given musical, historical and political analysis.
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The importance attached to any one of these variables has depended on the time of writing and, perhaps most notably, thepoliticalbiasof the author.
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That is, nopoliticalbiasemerges.
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How would public appointments be made andpoliticalbiasin appointments to public bodies be avoided?
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He ruled out allegations ofpoliticalbiasand commended the further improvements that had been introduced.
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I thought he made that case very fairly and fully, and most certainly without anypoliticalbias.
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Will he cease to allowpoliticalbiasto interfere with economic recovery?
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We must regard it as a more obvious case of the suppression of news because ofpoliticalbias.
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I am sure they are not actuated bypoliticalbiasin one direction or another, but the fact is that they are leaving it.
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I am sure that there was nopoliticalbiasat that time at all.
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All we demand is that the actual carrying out of the work shall not allow of anypoliticalbias.
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There will be no question ofpoliticalbiasin this matter.
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What is troubling a number of us, however, is whether apoliticalbiasis going to be brought into the operations of these credit insurances.
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