Media Bias In Brave New World

The Global Media Bias Crisis and Brave New World All pieces of information, unless hard fact, are biased. Bias may arise intentionally or not, but either way it is imperative that readers, watchers, and listeners are aware when they come in contact with media bias. Although it is unrealistic for the media to be completely objective in every issue they cover, media bias is a prevalent issue in the world today, and will continue on unless consumers of the media become truly educated about the world and its events. This is demonstrated in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, as all forms of media are controlled by the World State, in favor of the World State and the culture they have created. Though it may not be apparent at first, media bias is

For example, Delta Bokanovsky Group children will “’Grow up with what the psychologists used to call an 'instinctive' hatred of books and flowers. Reflexes unalterably conditioned. They'll be safe from books and botany all their lives’” (Huxley 22). The primary form of art, expression, and ideas come from nature and literature. If the World State allowed every citizen to enjoy flowers and books, they may have their own ideas, one of which could be to overthrow their government. Apart from the “Roses and electric shocks, the khaki of Deltas and a whiff of asafœtida—wedded indissolubly before the child can speak...wordless conditioning is crude and wholesale; cannot bring home the finer distinctions, cannot inculcate the more complex courses of behaviour. For that there must be words, but words without reason. In brief, hypnopaedia” is the most economic and effective from of brainwashing (Huxley 28). It works perfectly, for example, whenever Lenina needs comfort, she simply whispers to herself the lines of rules and advice that would assist her decision making in a particular situation. Her behavior is strictly dictated by the words her subconscious heard over the speakers all throughout her

Objectivity has nearly become nonexistent, and "For years, Americans' political press has been stuck in a fact-free model of neutrality, often covering even the most obvious lies as 'one side' of a dispute," (Introduction). The publishment of these lies and giving them the title of an argument is feigning neutrality, which fools the public into believing all the media is producing. Equal coverage has also been a major issue in media bias. For example, in this past presidential election, “the mainstream media labels a Republican candidate with a slew of phobics to paint him as an awful person, while they seem to put the Democratic candidate on a pedestal or report less harshly” (Ostmann). Determining equal coverage between the two political parties is a touchy subject, but it is apparent that Trump received the brunt of the attacks on his past then his opponent did. Even if it had been the other way around, the media should be held responsible for their devious actions. For the media, it is all about the story, which they will spend hours and hours fine tuning until they are able to fill their likes, views, and subscriptions