Near the farmhouse, the foxes will hold a panel 
    discussion on the phenomena of hens going missing from 
    the henhouse.

    This Aesop-like fable will be played out next week on 
    Oct. 17 at the National Press Club in Washington, when 
    the Michigan State University school of journalism holds 
    a “media bias symposium.”

    The event is also sponsored by the Newseum, the Poynter 
    Institute, and the National Press Club. . . .

    Says Jane Briggs-Bunting, director of the School of 
    Journalism at MSU, “We will be having a frank discussion 
    about the areas where media bias exists, how it can sneak 
    into stories and images, and the challenges in today’s 
    world where everyone has the ability to publish online.”

    No non-journalists were invited, which means the findings 
    of the symposium can be announced a week in advance: 
    There is no bias, and bias is in the eye of the beholder.