Media Bias In The United States

Today, many types of media bias are used as a strategy by reporters and politicians to sway the public into agreeing with their views. They have gone far enough to make the U.S. public recognize the bias and distrust the Media. First off, there is bias by omission. This consists of leaving out one side of an article to make their views seem more credible. For example, a republican may focus on facts that support conservative beliefs, and leave out liberal supporting facts. Next, there is bias by selection of sources. In this bias, the selected source will support the views of the selector. For instance, a republican would choose a conservative “expert” to report. Another bias is that of story selection. For this bias, an individual would highlight and share stories supporting their views and ignore the stories against their views.

Bias by placement consists of placing certain stories supporting a view in a place where they will get more attention. A conservative newspaper may place stories they support in places they will catch attention, and try to hide liberal supporting articles. Next, there is bias by labeling. The first form of this bias is tagging certain politicians with extreme labels or mild labels. The second form is choosing not to label someone as a conservative or liberal, so they won’t be viewed as bias. Lastly, this is bias by spin. This occurs when a reporter’s comments and tone makes one side of a policy appear better than the other. A conservative reporter may make comments agreeing with the conservative view, and try to discredit the liberal