Hillary Clinton Media Bias

Statement of Intention (160 WORDS)

This essay will try to expose the media bias seen between the liberal and conservative side during the United States 2016 Elections, as well as show how language and diction is used to create a tone in an article that is used to portray an image of the two candidates to the readers. I will then analyze how the subtle use of language and diction in articles affected the campaign. The information featured on this essay was found through searching the internet as well as through comparing sources from known right and left news outlets in order to find the same information on both. In order to properly conduct this essay, I had to understand the issue with media bias as a whole by comparing how the different media

Most see her as an icon of the democratic party, or a scandal ridden candidate who is unfit to become president. During the election, most – if not all – liberal media outlets sided with Clinton, as they found her better than Trump. In an effort to decrease supporters on Trump’s side, most of the media took on to shield Clinton in every article, instead of reporting her in a neutral manner. An evidence of this favoritism in the liberal media would be a VOX article, titled “The polls are split between Hillary Clinton winning and… Hillary Clinton winning in a landslide”. The article went on to praise Clinton’s popularity amongst voters, with quotes stating that “the polls are torn between those that are good for Hillary Clinton, and polls that are fantastic for her,” as well that “a Trump victory would mean a truly massive polling error.” Even the picture used on the article is a display of bias, as the author chose to insert a smiling Clinton beside a picture of a frowning Trump. The aforementioned article portrays an image to the public that Clinton could do no wrong, an angel, and Donald Trump is a candidate that isn’t even worth our time, other than being portrayed as the devil during the election. The article gives a distorted view of the election, as well as giving a false sense of security, as it means that those who read the VOX are fooled into thinking that there is no opportunity of a Trump victory. This would mean tha¬t the voters

Most of the people see him as an ignorant individual, while others might see him as a new perspective in the world of politics. In the liberal media, most see him as a controversial candidate who did not deserve to even be considered as a candidate. An evidence of this sentiment towards Trump would be an article published by VOX, titled “Why the media will lift Trump up and tear Clinton down”. The article discusses the possibility of news outlets putting down Clinton in order to even out the competition. The article quotes Trump as being a man with a temperament and habits that “could do real, lasting, no -joke damage” if he were to be elected as leader, as well as quoting other Republican candidates who have insulted him, for example, Rubio calling him a “con man”, Romney calling him “a phony, a fraud. It then continues to state that the political system “is simply not built to hand a race that’s over before it’s begun.” The article then states that many media outlets will try to even out the difference between the two candidates, stating that “to the extent that Trump can’t be lifted, Clinton will be brought down” and goes as far as to compare the race as “Coca-Cola versus sewer water.” This article portrays Trump as someone who is the worst of the worst, which further brings down his value in the eyes of democratic leaders, and would anger his supporters into further rallying around him, as well as angering Republicans that