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 * __Ottawa Citizen__**
 * __Gameday preview: Lightning at Senators on Nov. 5, 2009__**

http://communities.canada.com/ottawacitizen/blogs/hockeycapital/archive/2009/11/04/gameday-preview-lightning-at-senators-on-nov-5-2009.aspx
 * Who are the sources?
 * James Gordon wrote this article
 * He goes by the name citizen_james
 * He is from Ottawa and writes most of the article for the Ottawa Senators
 * From whose point of view is the news reported?
 * From the perspective of a sports analyst
 * An Ottawa Senators fan
 * Are there double standards?
 * Do media hold some people to one standard while using a different standard for other groups?
 * “lowly Toronto Maple Leafs”
 * His use of the word “lowly” seems to suggest that the leafs are not as good as other teams
 * Is the language loaded?
 * “The Senators produced plenty of chances without their star centre the past two games, but suffered from a disturbing lack of finish.”

To me this article does seem to be somewhat biased. The author has formed the article with more presence on the Ottawa Senators and less on the other team. One such example is:

“The Senators won the first match-up between these two squads this season by a score of 7-1 on home ice, in a game that featured Milan Michalek's first career hat trick. On Oct. 29, the Lightning delighted their home fans with a 5-2 pasting.”

The author focuses more on the time that the Ottawa Senators won and less time on the time that the Tampa Bay Lightening won.

“The Senators should be coming off a win after throwing 51 shots at the Atlanta Thrashers last weekend, but hockey's funny like that sometimes. The Lightning are coming off a win, but a relatively unimpressive overtime one against the lowly Toronto Maple Leafs. I'll give the edge here to the Senators”

He chooses the Ottawa Senators to win the game even though Ottawa lost their last game (which he suggests that they should have won) and the Tampa Bay Lightening won their last game (which he mentions was to a lowly Toronto Maple Leafs, attempting to trivialize the win)

These reasons alone account for the article being biased, and also according to Fair’s FAQ.