Are You A Biased TV Viewer?

Bias in the media has affected how the viewers view the current issues in society. Bias is for or against a group of people who are compared to another group. People often turn to the media for truth about the events occurring at the time, but instead the news outlets twist the facts and push their own political agendas and call it news. As of now, there are six power house networks where the majority of the public receives its information. Current events are not excluded from media bias due to information traveling quickly, even if it is untrue. Viewers usually watch certain news channels to validate their opinions and beliefs. In order to obtain a more complete version of a story or event, the audience should conduct research to confirm certain

These sources as well are not always true. As stated in the video Are You a Biased TV Viewer? in Stossel in the Classroom, Bernie Goldberg mentioned, “More and more I think people who watch news and opinion want to get their own biases, opinions, or views and want to get them validated.” Goldberg is referring this as liberals will watch liberal news sources and conservatives will watch conservative news sources. This is true because the viewers want to see it from the same point of view as the news reporter. All news should be viewed by all points of view before choosing a side. Not all the news sources talk about all view points of the story but by using the SMELL test, it can help with seeking the truth in current events going on in everyday life. A current event that has the public’s interest and is on all six power house networks is about Neil

Viewers go to the media in order to “seek the truth,” but most of the time it is the opposite because the viewers most of the time go to the news sources that believe in the same thing that the viewer believes in so therefore there is still bias because the viewers just sought news sources that would validate the viewer’s own personal opinions. All of this goes back to the term “groupthink.” Journalists have mentioned this term and gave the idea that groupthink is where a whole bunch of people who think alike, come together to share their ideas. Many of the viewers have become biased on what the viewer believes in and on what is watched due to the fact that too many like-minded people are making the decision on what the audience and readers get to view. People watch what they do due to the fact that watching something that is the opposite of what the viewer believes in would cause arguments and most people avoid that and instead look down on people who don't believe the same. Bernard Goldberg says in “Dealing with Media Bias” that people don't like putting the time and