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More than 10.000 People Lost Their Lives on Japan's Earthquake

By Nicolás Martínez Serrano

Last Friday 11^th of March the most destructive earthquake of the last century hit the Japanese province of Miyagi; it had a magnitude of 9.0 Richter and produced a 10-metres-tall Tsunami.

After the quake, a nuclear emergency was declared around Fukushima 1 power plant, producing a massive evacuation of hundreds of people in a ratio of 30 kilometres around it. Habitants of Fukushima’s surroundings received medical treatment to prevent intoxication by radioactive elements present on the air.

Bias in news...

NEWS TITLE: Stowe School soup 'poisoned by porter'

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-12957015

Main points: Mentions that a trainee chef had told a jury she saw Mr. Cook, a kitchen porter in a public school, drain unblocker into the pupils’ carrot soup.

The accusation in based in only one witness declaration

Bias detected:

Headline: The headline of the news: “Stowe School soup 'poisoned by porter'” is assuming the porter is actually responsible of poisoning the student’s soup, and is giving the reader a distorted vision of the reality.

Picture: The picture use in this page makes the porter look in an insane way.