...National News Media are Largely Liberal in Political Bias 11/21/2011 Abstract The media provides the American people with information. This information is used by the citizens to make decisions and often to take actions. Because the media is the source of information for most American citizens, it is important to understand the techniques media outlets use in an attempt to bias their audience. The most common techniques that attempt to bend the public to a given point of view are use of statistics and counts, tone and diction, and more frequently, omission. National News Media are Largely Liberal in Political Bias During the 2008 presidential election Barack Obama received more than twice the media coverage than John McCain. It is doubtful that anyone that was aware there was an election going on would need surveys to confirm that statement. Obama got more attention than McCain because Obama was the “rock star” of politics and McCain was just another politician, At that time Obama represented fresh and new and that was what mattered especially to the younger groups (Page, A Big Story is our Biggest Bias, 2008). But being star struck does not explain the media bias that has existed for a very long time. Very few people, including the media members and journalists will argue that the national news media are not biased. Despite the journalistic ideal of “objectivity,” every news story is influenced by...
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...Media bias is studied at schools of journalism, university departments (including Media studies, Cultural studies and Peace studies) and by independent watchdog groups from various parts of the political spectrum. In the United States, many of these studies focus on issues of a conservative/liberal balance in the media. Other focuses include international differences in reporting, as well as bias in reporting of particular issues such as economic class or environmental interests. One high profile academic survey of American journalists is The Media Elite. The survey found that most journalists were liberal Democratic voters.[citation needed] Martin Harrison's TV News: Whose Bias? (1985) criticized the methodology of the Glasgow Media Group, arguing that the GMG identified bias selectively, via their own preconceptions about what phrases qualify as biased descriptions. For example, the GMG sees the word "idle" to describe striking workers as pejorative, despite the word being used by strikers themselves.[4] Herman and Chomsky (1988) proposed a propaganda model hypothesizing systematic biases of U.S. media from structural economic causes. They hypothesize media ownership by corporations, funding from advertising, the use of official sources, efforts to discredit independent media ("flak"), and "anti-communist" ideology as the filters that bias news in favor of U.S. corporate interests. Many of the positions in the preceding study are supported by a 2002 study by Jim A. Kuypers:...
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...affirmative that mainstream media does have a liberal, leftist bias. This media which includes major traditional mainstream news networks and newspapers have had a long standing liberal bias. In the video that was viewed in class, which was made in 2001 the author Justin Lewis was even claiming that the media had been very heavy left bias in the years past. It has only continued to increase for the liberal bias throughout the years. This can be seen by not only the coverage, but also by the past publicly expressed of political opinions of most major reporters, anchors, producers, etc. The dictionary defines a liberal as a political or social philosophy advocating the freedom of the individual, parliamentary systems of government, nonviolent modification of political, social, or economic institutions to assure unrestricted development in all spheres of human endeavor, and governmental guarantees of individual rights and civil liberties. It also defines a leftist as an outlook or specific position that accepts or supports social equality, often in opposition to social hierarchy and social inequality. It usually involves a concern for those in society who are disadvantaged relative to others and an assumption that there are unjustified inequalities, which right-wing politics views as natural or traditional that needs to be reduced or abolished. In this paper I will affirm the argument that is made by Mr. Lewis in favor for a liberal media. In the beginning of the video Lewis shows...
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...Networks that many Americans use to inform one another about what may currently be going on in the world or in the person’s surrounding. However, these six Power House Networks have different political views, causing to inform the public with bias information. These six Power House Networks are: Fox News, ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, and MSNBC, also known as NBC News. Fox News is known to be a Libertarian network and part of the truthseekers made up of mostly Republicans. Libertarians are people who believe that one should be able to do what one wants without the interference of the government. While ABC, CBS, and NBC are all Liberals made up of Democrats. Liberals are made up of people who believe that the government should...
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...Media Bias and how it affects our country negatively English 112 Spring The biases the media has are bigger than conservative or liberal. They are all about getting ratings, making money and about doing stories that are easy to cover. This may seem like a trite statement but it hold enormous amount of truth. As Americans, we trust what reporters write in the newspaper, and say on television and radio stations. We expect them to report the truth. However, current media outlets distort stories and certain new reports are getting too much attention. The most important stories are never seen on television or read in the newspaper, or heard on the radio stations, while minor and trivial stories get the most coverage. Hence celebrity engagements, divorce, entrance to rehab centers and DUI cases that are sold to the media. Americans are then left without valuable information contrary to what story is getting 24- hour news coverage. Media bias is a term used to describe prejudice in news and media reports, in which is perceived as an imbalance or unfair presentation of facts or selective reporting of which events or facts reported. The main point here is when biases in media distorts certain stories, and other stories are spoken about entirely too much it hurts the democracy in America. The media, in that case, fails to focus on real issues that underlie the American culture, it has one-sided opinions, favoring a liberal’s point of view, and it caters to the majority...
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...In today’s society, individuals are constantly surrounded by the media, regardless of what it is in relation to. Despite the fact that there are a variety of various media sources, it is commonly agreed upon that the media is biased; however, the opinion of how it is biased is often based on the leanings and beliefs of individuals rather than everyone as a whole. The most common bias discussed seems to be that of ideological bias, more specifically whether the media is more conservative or liberal in its coverage. While there are undoubtedly sources, such as Fox News, that tend to be conservatively biased, it seems that the vast majority of the media today is liberally biased. The media is ideologically biased in favor of liberal coverage in...
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...It has always been said that there is bias in the media. This essay will focus on one type of bias; that in article headlines. To start we have Article 1, and two different sites that both offer headlines. The first headline reads, "Obama Bureaucrats Imposing Radical Homosexual Sensitivity Training", from Fox Nation, a branch of Fox News, a news source that is widely considered to be radically conservative. The second headline, on the same issue, reads, "USDA gay-sensitivity training seeks larger audience", from The Washington Times, another conservative news outlet, yet generally considered less radical than Fox News. These two headlines are both meant to lead readers to read on and find out more, but as seen in the Fox Nation headline, crass language is used to gather attention, with media buzzwords like 'radical' and 'imposing'. These words have a negative connotation and therefore the reader goes into the article with a negative mindset. If the reader was to click on this article, they would soon see that the article is just as negative as the headline. The very short article, mentions that activists compare heterosexism (the belief...
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...reporters, commercials, magazines, and newspaper often are bias in a topic that is being discussed. The media wants the viewers to choose a side without anyone really knowing the truth behind a topic. Majority of the population deals with bias in the media every day because it has been shown in the types of sources people use. Also the media sometimes provides one sided information to get the audience interested in an event that is happening. Getting to know both sides of a story shows the true meaning in journalism. The truth in journalism helps the audience know which side is a better choice because the positives and negatives have been provided in a certain idea or topic. Bias in the media has got to control the actions and words that are being used because the viewers believe what is...
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...of numerous cultures. What this means is that there are all kinds of people living in the U.S. all bringing with them something unique of their own persona that adds on to our society. How can we expect that these 318 million different people all share same opinions? Surely we share similar views with some, but there will always be at least one person opposing. With the advances of technology, we’ve had the opportunity to bring these people closer than ever. Receiving information has become a part of our daily life and we it’s present even when we’re not aware. It is known that the US has a market-based media, which...
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...What’s New(s)? Everyone now a days wants to know what is going on around them, because everyone wants to be current and up to date. So what is the best way of doing that, watching the news? People think that by watching the news they will receive all the information they need to be well informed. What a lot of people don’t take into consideration is that not everything we read, see, or hear, is true. Many times while watching the news or reading an article, the version has been tweaked. Unfortunately, people will use their platform to get across messages that are partisan and this is known as media bias.Knowing that media bias exists in many journalistic reports will help viewers become more aware and be better informed about the actual issues reported in the news....
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...On the 16th of September Malcom Turnbull was successful in taking the leadership of the Liberal party due to his majority vote during the spill motion. There has been a mixed reaction from the Australian public and the media to his recent elevation to Prime Minister. As this issue creates passionate polarised opinions within Australia, this article trivialises these views. Fairfax journalists usually write articles of a conservative nature although, in this piece, written by Georgina Connery, Malcom Turnbull is constructed as the instigator of homophobia and responsible for a blockade of civil rights within parliamentary processes. This article fabricates a personal conflict between Turnbull and equity campaigners although there is no such battle of ideologies. The demographic of this article have been exposed to a specific landscape of sophistry to create news for the mainstream readership out of a unsubstantiated conflict....
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...Introduction The media is the link between the public and politics. However, while media sources are viewed as purveyors of the day's news, they maintain considerable influence on politics. It is important to differentiate the concept of media influence from the concept of media bias. While some media sources will have an undoubted bias in the way they are reporting the news and the issues they select and prioritise, this does not necessarily equate with influence. Influence can be far less obvious or overt than bias, and can lead to changes in opinion in an indirect manner. While United States news outlets such as Fox News or the New York Post may have a more direct political bias, other outlets such as CNN or the New York Times – while appearing less openly biased – will also wield considerable influence. Similarly, in the United Kingdom, while The Daily Mail has an agenda which must be obvious to many who read it, less openly biased newspapers such as The Guardian will still have the potential to influence politics and politicians. In fact, media sources with a less overt bias will have potentially more influence than others, as they could be considered to be more reliable or trustworthy than biased tabloid entertainment news. This paper will assess the issue of media influence on politics, and evaluate the methods and forms this influence can take. Discussion Media Influence The role of the media in influencing politics has been long recognised. Comparative analysis of...
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...Credible Sources Newspapers and News Sites: These are categorized by typical bias, meaning they are organized by the conclusions they usually draw when examining the same facts. However, with these newspapers, you have little worry that the actual facts are in question. NEVER rely strictly on sources gathered from a single point of view. You must know the other side to counter-argue effectively at the very least. Liberal Conservative Huffington Post National Review National Public Radio (NPR) Drudge Report Time Wall Street Journal Slate New York Post Newsweek Washington Times US News and World Report Heritage Foundation Politico PJTV (Pajamas TV) New Yorker American Thinker Mother Jones American Spectator ACLU Forbes Harpers Stanford Review CBS Rush Limbaugh New York Times FOX News NBC (especially MSNBC) The American Conservative Mostly Centrist with Occasional Slant Libertarian CNN ACLU CSPAN (just shows the event) Ludwig Von Mises Reuters Reason Magazine PBS CATO Institute Real Clear Politics (both perspectives) Ayn Rand Foundation John Stossel, Reporter Milton Friedman,Economics Respected Think Tanks Always check their mission statement for bias or perspective, but these are known for accuracy in research even if they do cardstack and/or research from a biased perspective. They are helpful...
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...1. Answer the following 5 questions. I. What were the results of your two tests? 1. The first test was the race test, and I was diagnosed as strongly biased toward European American over African Americans. 2. Finally, the test Science and Liberal Arts was taken, and I received a slight implicit association for male and science. II. What makes this experiment/test reliable? 1. The test’s reliability counts on the scientific approach for the collected data and the statistic correlation used to indicate the implicit bias the tester may possess. Moreover, the double test and randomly allocated initial asymmetry, African decedents and upright words being first 50% of the time, minimize the effects one might have with adaptation during the test, previous knowledge of it, and predispositions for left handed people over right handed. III....
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...stance against the popular opinion and discussed what was wrong with the points Lawrence had made. The two opinion pieces I will be comparing both present a different angle and point of view on the gender gap essay and...
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