Greed and Mass Media

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

Media has been playing a significant role in our daily lives by developing our personalities, enriching our knowledge and providing us with different sorts of information. It has a tremendous power in framing cultural guidelines and shaping political dissertation. If the information provided to the U.S. citizens is distorted, then they cannot make informed decisions on the matters of public policy. Thus, it becomes vital to the American democracy that the news media and its institutions remain unbiased, fair and accurate. Media bias happens when a media systematically and persistently emphasize one particular point of view that is usually below the standards of professional journalism. There can be various reasons for media bias, some of

The media is an extremely powerful source in society today. Surprisingly, many are unaware of this and choose to believe everything they read in magazines, newspapers and online without actually understanding where this information is coming from. This is a monumental problem in our generation today because like Malcolm X said, the media has the power to make the innocent look guilty and the guilty look innocent. In other words, the media has the power to manipulate our views and perspectives on controversial issues to persuade us to believe their

     The media is often considered to be biased. The reason for this is because they do not act neutral on the things that they report on. They usually give their point of view and tend to warp the information so it’s easily digestible by the average person. This type of “nugget feeding,” can influence the judgment of some one who has no idea what is going on. The media tends to

It has recently come to my attention that not enough people understand how great bias in media has been to our lives. Each day we wake up and see near one or more biases in the media, lying at the foot of our beds. It is wonderful to be able to wake up and smile each morning because of this. Decisions are made based on what people hold to be true. History has shown instances where severly biased media. The most recognizable evidence being WWII and Stalin. "Because of the status quo bias, the media ignore any position that advocates radical change"

It informs citizens about events and details that they might not have even heard of or would know about. The media can be biased but to only a certain point. These biased media can tailor to a certain audience and that is acceptable. People don’t have to listen or read this specific media source. These biased sources can spark a debate between two people that don’t share the same opinion and that’s ok. Spreading lies is when media has gone too far. According to the Washington Examiner, a survey in 2015 showed that 70% of adults say that believe that the media is biased. If people know that the media is biased then not many people will know not to trust the media completely.

In today’s society, remaining connected and knowledgeable of current events and the newest trends is vital to staying ahead in business, education, and social standing. This information is supplied to everyone through the internet, newspapers, television, and radio. One can tune into stations such as CNN, NBC, Fox News, Al-Jazeera, and many others (“SQs of Media Outlets”). In order to meet the needs of viewers, readers, and listeners, the ideal media system would contain accurate, quick information, with a purely impartial view on the facts as they are known. However, this modern media system has not maintained an objective view, pushing opinionated and slanted reporting onto the population in order to create profit and gain customers. The exploitation of information media for personal gain has created a toxic and inaccurate present, constant in today’s society.

The media plays huge roles in democracy. To begin with, the media ensures that the public and citizens at large gain access to information which helps to make citizens informed and this in turn helps them to make better choices (Benjamin et al). The media acts in the capacity of an informer by providing citizens with credible information that is not biased and letting them make informed decisions. Democracy holds that the people must be informed. Secondly, the media serves as an eye on the elected members and ensures that they honor the offices that they have been elected in and serve the people that elected them well (Benjamin et al). The media mediates between the people and the governing body and ensures that people participate

"Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one." This quote by A.J. Liebling illustrates the reality of where the media stands in today's society. Over the past twenty years there has been an increase in power throughout the media with regard to politics. The media's original purpose was to inform the public of the relevant events that occurred around the world. The job of the media is to search out the truth and relay that news to the people. The media has the power to inform the people but often times the stories given to the public are distorted for one reason or another. Using slant and sensationalism, the media has begun to shape our views in society and the process by which

     The media provides the public political issues, which sets the agenda for political discussion. In theory the media tries to attune themselves to the interest of the public, but “in most instances the media severs as conduits for agenda-setting efforts by competing groups and forces” (Ginsberg, Lowi & Weir, 1999, p. 298). To gain public support, groups and forces need media coverage to promote their ideas. However, the media has great control over which issues they televise. The issues must have media appeal or be considered newsworthy.

Today we have more than enough channels on TV, and the internet keeps us in tuned with what is going on around the world. With the falling cost of internet, radio, satellite the media now have a much wider audience than ever before. Therefore, political information has a wider audience and media services had allowed various organizations from around the world to reach their target audience. With the media have become the main source for allowing people to see and hear what is going on around the world. The media is also receiving a decline in credibility and the corresponding plunge in the number of individuals who rely on traditional news media for political information (Pew Research, 2011b). To some the media is using their exposure to present things one sided when it comes to politics. Traditionally delivered media face several challenges. They must contend with easy to access online and digital sources (Kaye & Johnson 2003; Mitchelstein & Boczkowski, 2010) that are free to voice opinions and tailor their ideological messages in line with their followers. The government is not able to control all of the information the media presents to the people. The media is a vital feature of any liberal democracy. Just think if the government had the power to control the media they would be able to

American Political System is highly dependent on Mass Media since the development of media began a century ago through the development of first successful newspaper ( Boston News Letter).This was the beginning of an inevitable development in global communication or mass media. Since then, other media friendly devices have cemented their spot in the industry such as the television, the radio, cell phones and social media. It is with these tools, protected by the first amendment, that people peek into what is going on in the world around us, from business to welfare, from sports to political events. If we take a closer look at the political world in America, We clearly identify how powerful the media can be, this raises questions on the power of media and its manipulations as a tool of campaign, for instance the recent presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton .This paper also touches on the various ways that the media can influence politics both foreign and domestic and how it is used by political

The way the media tells its stories or informs its audience is changing; however, journalism is not performing its normative role to inform news that consists of facts which will help the people to be aware and entertained, (Harcup 2015: 6). Journalists are not always investigating facts/truths based on people’s concerns with objective views. This is because elites have the authority to control the media. While media gives the freedom to people to express their opinions via the unfiltered internet, these opinions are neither always displayed in media nor always correct as there is no editorial filter. Due to this, media cannot help the audience to be aware all the time. Currently, readers are consuming the news through different platforms:

Thousands of our nation's men and women were fighting for their country, yet the media limited the amount of information that they chose to pass on to the public. Each day the media is faced with the choice of making decisions of what news to pass on, when that news could make a significant difference in someone's life, or in the fate of our nation.

The media has become a vital part of today’s society, anyone that has a phone can assess current news and swiftly become updated to current events. The media can be anything from entertainment, sports, politics, environmentalism, even celebrity gossip. There is really no subject that cannot be discussed in the media. This could cause same ethical issues, a major ethical question that we most ask ourselves is: does the media go too far in fishing for fresh news stories? Nowadays, we obtain information about recent events from all over the world thru television, newspapers, magazines, as well as, the internet. The media is the only source to rely on when learning about current events. Additionally, most of our opinions about current events are based off media information. We tend to believe and depend more on the media for any type of information, making ethics in the media very important` in order to have truthful and reliable information.