Fox News Stereotypes

People automatically assume that a news organization’s bias is strictly a bad thing, while this does seem like a bad thing, the bias is negated by the sheer quantity of news sites that you can easily visit, this may take some additional time, but it doesn’t have to take a long time, while you’re stuck in traffic you can just pull out your smartphone and look at some news sites. If you find that one site has too much of a bias that doesn’t mean that you should just ignore that site completely, instead you should look for the same news story on a different site that has a different perspective, instead of just looking at the media from one point of view, look at both the left and right point of view. This bias allows for a look into how both sides see an argument, while one side may see something as a good thing, another side may see it as a bad thing. This allows you to get into the mind of the news stations and their reporters. While you're watching the news always maintain a level of skepticism about what the news station is saying. Skepticism is key to watching the news in any environment, without any level of skepticism you quickly become a mindless zombies that just believe something because it was said on Fox NEWS or MSNBC. You should take into account all the things said by the different news stations in order to formulate

Not only is it the politicians on the news networks projecting their political viewpoints into the minds millions, but so are the newspapers and magazines that are pushing this liberal favoritism into our hands. It was Robert Bresler who noticed that “If you look at the major magazines such as Vanity Fair, New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, and Harper's, they all reflect a distinctive liberal perspective” (13). Again, it is seen that liberal news coverage allows only one side to receive a fair hearing, and thus it is the American public that is left to suffer. Furthermore, Bresler has noticed:

FOX NEWS’s credibility has even hit a “record low”. In a public policy poll in 2013 it states,”Fox News has hit a record low in the four years that we’ve been doing this poll. 41%of voters trust it to the 46% who do not. To put those numbers into some perspective the first we did this poll, in 2010, 49% of voters trusted it to 37% who did not”. FOX NEWS’s use of “strong-loaded” words and publishing of misleading reports, people tend to view them as conservative.

A large majority of the previous presidents have fell into similar categories across the board. They have been republican white males in their 50’s who are attorneys from the east coast. Though they all have very similar demographics, the specific qualities and beliefs they possess have the potential to effect the nation.

The reflection period out of this conversation was for me shocking. As an engaged political person, I at least try to be engaged with the news. I find that CBS and New York Times are the most reliable news corporation out there with little to no bias at all, all facts. However, my colleagues find that the current mainstream news media are becoming either gossip, tabloid, or fake news channels. Respectively, I take offense to their beliefs on the basis that the news today is fake. Throughout history, it has been the news and investigative journalism that led to the many stories that transformed this nation into many shapes and forms. Without the news, a society will be at worst an anarchist society where nobody trusts each other or a tyrannical society where the populace will fall for anything that the state displays. It has been an American right of having open news sources, do Americans want to disregard this right in favor of being handed a silver platter of information from bias sources? Anyways, going back to

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 mere idea of bias media can make the consumer to fade away from the news. Timothy P. Carney, a senior political columnists, wrote an article that talks about this issue. He says that conservatives feel left behind and stop watching or reading that certain source, or even lose the desire to get informed. “The resulting slanted (and occasionally hostile) coverage leaves conservatives rightly distrustful that the news media will cover them fairly. This breeds the perception that the mainstream media is out to get conservatives, and this perception has truly harmful consequences.”. This is dangerous because the only thing worse than getting “bad” information is not getting

Conservative views can be visible on all platforms of Fox News media. Topics that were under the ‘Trending in opinions’ tab on FoxNews.com, as of January 2, 2015 at 1:34p.m, were the following “Obamas budget: Taxing Grandma to fund the AFL-CIO, Free community college? For Obama’s plan to succeed business must be part of the equation, Obamas housing recovery plan could bring another great recession, Mitt Romney was right: To win in 2016, here’s what republicans must do now” All of the ‘trending opinions’ on fox news are biased towards glorifying the republican; a more conservative party, and making the democratic party out as fools. There has and will always be a divide on conservative versus liberal ideologies, there is nothing we can change about that.

When Americans attempt to find the truth in the media, it is important Americans realize what bias each individual media platform has. In the beginning of television, there were only 3 major news channels. These news networks were: ABC, CBS, and NBC; also known as “Mainstream Media”. The mainstream media held views that aligned with American liberals and seemed to always side with this group and were the only news stations for Americans to view. Ultimately, since these were the only news outlets available, whatever views these news stations presented to its watchers, were the only opinions that the majority of Americans held. However, as time went on cable television was created and gave Americans additional news networks. In 1980, CNN debuted

Attack journalism, along with other methods, is used in order to try and discredit conservatives. The mass media chooses people they favor and people they do not favor. The people who they oppose deal with tremendous amounts of scrutiny. Bias in the media exists and it influences Americans greatly. The media uses headlines, omission, and word choice to mislead and influence the American viewers. Painting conservatives in a bad light effects how the public sees them, leading to a greater distrust or dislike of a certain person or people. Neutral standpoints do not exist in the mass media and it has been proven multiple times by the way the media targets

Since the ability to communicate was invented, conservatives have always argued that there is a liberal bias in the media; whereas the liberals have argued that the conservatives have used the media to control people with fear and create a division in the public. Let’s first look at what is a liberal and conservative. As defined by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a liberal is defined as “believing that government should be active in supporting social and political change” and “not opposed to new ideas or ways of behaving that are not traditional or widely accepted;” whereas a conservative is defined as “believing in the value of established and traditional practices in politics and society” and “not liking or accepting changes or new ideas”

Whether it is news channels on the television or whether it is Twitter and Facebook news, the public will always have a way to find out current reports. Since society has become so dependent on technology, a greater amount of individuals get their actual news online and especially through social media. As many of the public know, you cannot trust what people online are saying. Since individuals are so accustomed to getting the news online, many of them tend to believe what they just happen to scroll across on Twitter and Facebook or any other sort of social media. Finding actual facts and truths on the news have become so difficult now, due to all of the millions of different sites and places where we can get our news from. The news online tend to be biased and untrue due to how openly and freely individuals can create their own site and “reports” on current events such as a real news channels would. Social media has just made it more complicated to find the actual accuracy of current events but with enough research, dedication, and using the SMELL test, finding the right information would not be as

Not trying to see what happened in Benghazi, and defending Hillary Clinton, when they should have been showing the men who died there protecting the compound. Fox news does the opposite, blaming her for it and holding her accountable for her actions, also Fox News is always the best. They have a tendency to have the right wing approach to politics. So when they look at something they will look at it from a Republican stand point. Which isn’t always the best way to view things. For example, I was watching Fox News the other day, and they had news report on recreational marijuana. When I was watching Fox News I realized that they forgot to mention all the great medical benefits of marijuana, and all they talked about was how it could “harm” younger people and how it’s bad for you. When you watch these news stations, you can figure out how they view the world by their stances on current topics. How they try to convince you that something is bad or good for you. I think that the news should be a station that you can get your news from, and not hear their political

We live in a period where there is more medium to create news than any time in history. There has never been such a large number of individuals delivering and making reports. This doesn't imply that you must be a columnist to make news however this is the time that everybody has energy to deliver and share what is happening in their community. Much the same as sustenance we pick what we expend, we pick what we needed to eat. This applies to our concerns and advocacy. The fact of the matter is it should be this way; it should have been this way. News shouldn't be managed and above all it doesn't have economic class.

There are many arguments when it comes to this issue. Some people think that the media has a liberal bias; some people think that there is a conservative view. The real issue is that there is a bias opinion and this is changing the way that people perceive the media. According to Tyler Cohen `Media Bias Is Not a Serious Problem' it doesn't matter that the media has a biased opinion. He states that people are aware that the media is bias and because of that they keep in mind when watching. He also states that people want to watch stations that have the same opinion as them (2005). Most people to watch specific news stations that do have the same belief as them, but we should be able to watch whatever station we want and be able to get the same type of information.