The topic that I chose to detect media bias was national politics, and The First Lady, Michelle Obama. The internet search engine I chose was Yahoo.com, the University Library search I performed contained an article from The Washington Post. The article on Yahoo.com seemed more interested in what Michelle Obama was wearing rather than the itinerary that was planned. Twice in the article it told of the clothing Mrs. Obama was sporting, and spoke of the outfit that Chinese First Lady, Peng Liyuan wore. Yahoo.com downplayed the visit by stating that Michelle Obama would use “soft diplomacy” to focus on building “goodwill” between China and the United States. The articles continue through explanation of the places that The First Lady, her children, and Mother will visit, but does not go into any detail on the good will that Michelle Obama expressed. The article reported by The Washington Post contained an informational description of the visit, which did not include a description of what the two women wore. This article focused more on the purpose of the visit, which was to concentrate on educating young people, obesity, youth empowerment, all of these issues remain a consistent theme for Mrs. Obama. The Washington Post also describes our First Lady with using “soft diplomacy,” but goes on to explain her reasons for doing so. In the article posted on Yahoo.com, the description of “soft diplomacy” made it sound as if Mrs. Obama was on vacation rather than her exact purpose for the trip to China, which was in fact, to speak to the younger generation on specific topics. Using the critical thinking and reading skills that I am beginning to develop, I was able to evaluate each article separately and differently. Although the article posted on Yahoo.com provided less significant information on Mrs. Obama’s visit to China, it did include some background information for when I read the article issued by the Washington Post. If I would not have read them both, however, I would not have had enough information to come to a conclusion for the visit. For this reason, I am going to say that Yahoo.com left out some paramount details, as well as made assumptions that I believe were not factual, or informative.