Media Bias In Media

Media bias is not something new to the American citizens; it has existed since the start of our country. Newspapers originally slanted towards the point of view of the publisher, propaganda has always existed and the owners of media have always had their own interests in mind. What has changed is that there are no longer a multitude of different publishers deciding what constitutes good news or how an issue should be reported. In the 1940s the biggest concern with the media was how we could guarantee equal opportunity access to all Americans. Today media are predominately corporate owned and have become multinational corporations. The corporations not only own the broadcast networks but also the local and international affiliates. The biggest

With the conglomerates, corporations, and their political interests running the show this is obviously not always going to be the case. The conflicting loyalties held by the employees at all levels are very complicated and I feel that these companies should never have been allowed to grow so large. I feel that the media should be held to a certain level of accountability for reporting the truth but they are so intertwined with the political process that this would be hard to implement at this point in the game. I personally do feel that many journalists hold high ethical standards and that they do their best to keep things honest within the platform they are given, but most have a very small amount of power to change the circumstances that surround them. Some of these journalists probably feel that they have to keep their jobs and reach a large audience if they want to do any amount of

If the news outlets don’t want something to be an issue, then it just isn’t reported; conversely certain stories deemed important are covered extensively. In my opinion this also has to a lot with the media conglomerates and how they want to control the issues, what is popular, and how Americans feel politically. If they can present an issue to America in a way that puts us on their side then there is no better political advertisement they can make. However one must also ask what role we ourselves play in allowing the media to underreport on certain issues. If an issue is “want to know” then certainly the media would find a way to make money on