Dangerous News Bias

Now a days people run to media for answers on current events and expect information to be accurate, but yet do the people know that almost all media news reports are bias. Often times people run to news channels that give out information they want to hear based off the media’s beliefs. The media has always been bias, but it wasn’t until certain events occurred that opened society’s eyes. There are six powerhouse news sources that all have their own type of bias which points out their own perspective on current events. When it comes to current events, different media platforms represent the story from different perspectives. Viewers want their views to be validated rather than challenged and don’t give ideas of what people should do. Although

In the study, each source was ranked based on the political leanings of its audience. As a result, it ranked sources such as Buzzfeed more liberal than average while it ranked sources such as the Rush Limbaugh Show more conservative than average. However, none of the sources earned a perfectly neutral ranking (Wormald). The correlation between news sources and their audience’s political leanings becomes interesting when compared to the type of content each news source produces. Rush Limbaugh, for example, is infamous for his conservative rhetoric, whereas Buzzfeed is known for its lighthearted quizzes and comical representation of liberal politics. This reveals something about our perception of truth: biased sources allow individuals to ‘select’ the truth. When conflicting information is pushed to the side, it becomes nonexistent. Subsequently, the sum of partial truths interpreted by an individual becomes a whole truth in their mind, especially when partial truths are reinforced by mainstream media sources such as Buzzfeed or the Rush Limbaugh Show. This is harmful because, as Lewis implied, the entire truth is lost in this process and mutual understanding becomes harder to

Viewers are starting to realize that media bias is very prominent in the news, especially in today’s political climate. Due to the fact that there is so much bias in the media, viewers easily can tell whether a news channel is conservative or liberal. The viewer should not even know the political stance of a news broadcasting network. Although many look to the news to validate their opinions, many would rather be provided with just facts. Viewers are beginning to become more open minded and are giving their attention to media outlets who are more factual. People are now watching other news outlets rather than watching major networks, who have biased content. Bias and groupthink in the media should be eliminated because viewers are making a shift from biased news outlets to more factual news

Journalists play an important part in the democratic process. Traditionally, the roles of the news media are to provide a forum for debate, represent opposing perspectives on the day’s issues and hold public officials accountable while serving their constituents. However, in recent decades, media has given way to biased forms of news— partisan media. In Matthew Levendusky’s “How Partisan Media Polarize America,” he explores if these partisan media influences viewers. The book’s second chapter, “What Do Partisan Media Actually Say?” concludes that partisan media promotes a larger agenda separately to Democrats and Republicans, attack the opposing side while denouncing compromise, and usually side with their candidate of choice during

News sources carry the persona of giving biased information in the vast majority of cases-whether or not you may consider that as a “good” or “bad” thing. No matter what news source you retrieve your information from, there is almost assuredly a flaw in the way that news is presented to the audience, in order to try and persuade you to follow their bias. Oftentimes the bias is politically based; for instance, Fox News is believed to show bias in favor of the Republican party, professional sports outlets may be biased towards certain teams or players, certain articles or reports may be biased towards a certain race, and so on. The bottom line is no matter how significant (or insignificant) the news may be, or what the subject of the news may

Often times people utilize certain sources and watch certain news channels because these viewers can relate to the views on these sources. It can make one believe that his/her perspective is correct simply because that is what the new source is providing. Viewers watch news sources that share the same opinions as their own, because these viewers are just as bias as the sources; these viewers favor one side, as do the news sources. John Stossel, a Fox News reporter discusses the book “Bias” with author Bernie Goldberg, an ex CBS News reporter. John expected for ABC to read the book and disagree with Bernie on the ABC news channel (Goldberg and Stossel). However, these people were proud of not reading the book and gave it no attention. Even if one does not agree with a certain viewpoint, it is very important to hear the different perspectives because it allows the viewer to see and hear other people’s opinion. Because most news sources do not include all sides, it becomes difficult for an individual to

The national media is instrumental in allowing the electorate to develop opinions about contemporary issues. The media is incredibly influential and its power can be wielded for the benefit of all, or it can become a detriment to society. Some media outlets seek to sensationalize the news, sacrificing informing voters in favor of the bottom line. It is through people and organizations who seek to provide the most accurate and impartial view of an event that popular sovereignty gains much of its power. A commitment to informing the public, even when the information conflicts with a writer’s social and political philosophy, can be a difficult one to maintain. Yet, reporters uphold it everyday. This can be seen in the news site CNN (Cable News Network), which is known for having a liberal bias. Despite said bias, it does not shy away from portraying Hillary Clinton, a democrat, as a flawed candidate in an effort to be unbiased. Such a commitment is essential to creating a political and social dialogue in our nation, and as the saying goes, “when dialogue fails, democracy fails.”

In one of the republican debates Ted Cruz called out the moderator for asking questions that had tendencies of liberal policies. He said “The questions asked in this debate illustrate why the American people don’t trust the media.”, a big round of applauses came right after he made the statement, which made a point . And conservatives got tired of being questioned with a liberal influence, so they made a move. Trump certainly had a lot of people behind him thanks to favors and gifts. And even if it wasn’t with gifts, speaking about Trump means ratings so a lot of outlets started covering more and more his steps. Stephen Hayes, a Fox News Special Report panelist, tweeted about it, he said, “The number of publicly pro-Trump pols/commentators who are privately anti-Trump or at least not at all pro-Trump? A really big number.” This represented money for the news organization and even if trump wasn’t for the ideology they tend to favor they would still emphasize it because it is profitable. So, during this presidential election, bias media was a very popular theme, but that should push people away from the

For example, both news networks tend to politicize mass shootings in an effort to push gun legislation. These networks use emotion and try to guilt Americans into supporting stricter gun laws instead of just reporting facts. Not only do both these media outlets try to push its liberal agenda, CNN and MSNBC also try to diminish its opponents. Americans need to look no further than the way both news networks portray the republican presidential candidates during the presidential debates to see the obvious bias mainstream media and cable news networks have. CNN and MSNBC try to push this belief that all republicans are just old. rich, and white men. This belief could not be further from the truth. Prior to dropping out of the presidential race, Marco Rubio was the youngest candidate and also Cuban. Ben Carson is African-American as well as an accomplished neurosurgeon. As much as mainstream media would like Americans to believe this faulty stereotype about republicans, these assumptions are completely

Viewers will watch the news channel which supports what they believe rather than watch a news channel which gives the other side of the story. Rather than giving people the facts so they may come up with their own judgment on the issues, news channels will say whatever they feel will please their viewers. If you’re a liberal person, you will most definitely watch a liberal news or if you're a conservative you will watch a different type of news channel just because of the fact that the news channel will tell you what you want to hear. Many people have confirmation bias to confirm their own beliefs. Confirmation bias refers to a type of selective thinking whereby people will confirm their beliefs and underlook the beliefs of others. It's much

Media bias is a topic that has been in great focus of many political leaders over the past few presidential elections. However, what many people fail to see is that media bias has been around since the beginning of major news companies. Most Americans do not know what media bias is or how to identify it. That stated many people have noticed that most news stations are biased towards one religion, political party or even gender. This has been like this for decades however has become much more prominent during major wars, the great depression and many social and political reforms such as the industrial era or the civil rights era. However the type of bias has been shifted mostly from a war focus and the focus on exposing corruption to

Let’s start by taking a look at the bias side of electronic media. Take for instance the difference between Fox News and CBS. Both are news stations, both are intended to bring us the news, yet the

The news reporters and the producers are the ones who make that news channel bias. The news allows bias within its channel because the news channel wants to get their views across to the viewers. On an online interview with Bernard Goldenberg, interviewed by John Stossel, talks about how he wrote an article in the The Wall Street Journal about how the media is bias and the networks need a reality check. Goldenberg also talks about how all his “friends” stopped talking to him. After this article was released Goldenberg was fired from his job because his boss was one of the bias people who didn't want to be bothered by him. This conveys that the news channels don't want to hear other people's opinions about topics that matter. This also happened

In Modern day society we don't have to rely on the paper boy riding his bike down the street ringing his bell and throwing newspapers towards our front door to get the daily news. In 2017 we have access to the news 24/7 whether it's from watching the news channel in our living room or on our phones. In America, there are two major news providers one that leans towards the liberal side as the other leans towards conservative. Fox news is one of America’s major news providers there’s just one thing. It’s heavily biased towards Conservative beliefs. As CNN news is also another major news provider in America, they’re also biased towards the Liberals.

One of the easiest ways to see the influence of media bias is through the election season. Political propaganda has a major effect on potential voters during this time because of the magnitude of the event. There was a study done in 2007 that discovered that Fox News, who is known to be republican bias, had convinced 3% to 28% of their listeners to vote republican (Knight, Chiang, 2008). On the reverse side, readers of the primarily democratic Washington Post’s probability to vote democrat, increased by 8% (Knight, Chiang, 2008). What this shows is that in a