Mass Media Bias Summary

Write a 1-2 paragraph summary. Please include the following:

The title, author, and publication of the article: Farhi, Paul. "There Is No Significant Media Bias." Mass Media. Ed. Margaret Haerens and Lynn M. Zott. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2014. Opposing Viewpoints. Rpt. from "How Biased Are the Media, Really?" Washington Post 27 Apr. 2012. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 27 Apr. 2016.

The issue and conclusion of the author: What media is mostly favorable and true to believe? The conclusion is that news media is the most favorable media to believe even more than information given by the government.

Share the intended audience of the article. Who is the author appealing to? NOTE: The publication may be a clue to help you with this.

Include any examples and/or research given. The article argues that not all media tells the truth because they can get money out of contents that are not necessarily truth. The news media does not favor a side of media bias because they favor the middle where they can get the most money out of which is giving out both legible information and false information too. The shows that 66 percent say that in general organizations are often inaccurate, 30 percent inaccuracy goes to news media when people are asked about news organizations. Farhi states “Pew's research suggests that people think the other guy's media are spreading lies while one's own are, relatively, a paragon of

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• Do you believe the argument was good enough to support the conclusion? Would you be able to use this article if you had to do a research paper on media bias? The article was not good enough to support its conclusion because it talks a lot about different subject and does not focus just on one subject it talks about all not giving enough information about the main topic being read. I would not be able to use this in a research paper because in my opinion it’s not good enough to use.

• How does this argument compare/contrast with Eli Pariser's 'Filter Bubble' talk? Do you think Pariser would agree with your author's argument? Why or why not? The argument does use the internet to show how it media bias is used and how much people believe in it. Eli Pariser would probably agree with some of the things in this issue but not all because it’s not all backed up enough to make a big point out of the topic.

• Most importantly, do you agree, disagree with the author's argument? Give reasons and/or examples from experience or the news to support your point. I do not agree with the argument because even though it might be all true it’s not backed up enough to where I can agree with it. The article does have examples and professional viewpoints and research but it’s a topic that can change in a day because it’s always