How the political bias of the news media is produced? 1. Introduction the paper by describing the background information and thesis statement. a. As Donald Trump won the 2016 U.S. president’s election in November, many people were surprised by this outcome for it is totally opposite to the most mainstream media’s prediction. b. Connecting to another impressive news happened in British few months ago that British citizens vote to exit European Union successfully, the majority news media there foretell this event correctly while opposite claims are still remarkable. c. The two breaking news obviously reveal that there is political bias in the news media, and the debate about how these bias exist in it involves many aspects, which continuing …show more content…
The combination of two powers obviously attracts more public attention so that his arguments receive more media coverage than before. As far as we know, Trump sometimes have extremely political opinions and the record of them contributes to new media political bias. (3) There is also a value of news value that journalists are likely to record what more powerful politicians say and do because they are more newsworthy than other normal people with limited political effects (Tresch, 2009). (4) When the news media mainly concentrate on those powerful individuals, both their political influence and the possibility to make biased effect are increased. If people who in dominated position can’t always make right decision or objective arguments, news related to them are more tend to be biased. c. News media privilege dominators who satisfy their own interests. (1) There is a no denying fact that news media is still business corporations in most countries so that profit is one of their main goals to keep operation (Demorest, 2009). Another reasons why Trump get more news coverage is that reporters are more likely to write good story, which will arouse hot debate and effect among the whole society (Childress, …show more content…
Body paragraph (Political bias caused by the audience’s interaction with the media) a. Person’s own preexist perception of the media and their issues involved in the news further reinforce the political bias from news media. (1) In an experiment among 118 UCSD students who overall hold the perceptions that MSNBC is liberal, CNN is neutral, and Fox is conservative, their reactions about the same political content reported separately in three media above are highly related to their former attitudes (Devaney, 2013). (2) When individuals believe the media is biased to certain direction, they will also ideologically perceive the political news to slanted in the same direction. Audiences are the receptor part in the news passing process, if their thoughts are biased originally, the political prejudice seems inevitable in the end. (3) Another experiment happened in Singapore, the results showed that the participants in the survey who have conflicts and problems with the local government only consider foreign news neutral and fair without slant (Chia & Cenite,
For an example of the authors use of specific examples while describing what the media decides as news worthy the author writes, “The public rarely hears about the routine ceremonies at state dinners, but when President George Bush threw up all over the Japanese prime minister in 1992, the world’s media jumped on the story” (Edwards, Wattenberg, Lineberry, 2015, p. 398). This is an indication of how the media decides what is newsworthy. This quote demonstrates some of the strengths of the article because, not only does the quote support how the media decides what is news worthy, but it also shows no bias and is a factual, specific example. Another quote that demonstrates the strengths of the article is “Journalists and politicians have a symbiotic relationship, with politicians relying on journalists to get their message out and journalists relying on politicians to keep them in the know”. (p.400). this quote demonstrates the strengths of the article because, it shows how the media gets its news, how politicians gains their influence, and shows no bias. One last quote that emphasizes the strengths of this excerpt is “The media can even have a dramatic effect on how the public evaluates specific events by emphasizing one event over others. When during a 1976 presidential debate, President Ford incorrectly stated that the Soviet Union did
Through manipulation and lies, media manages to modify objective news into biased news in order to convince the public of what the media wants them to believe. The article, “How the Media Twist the News”, by Sheila Gribben Liaugminas discusses the major influence that news has on readers based on their choice of stories and words. “How the Media Twists the News” has borrowed from multiple other texts such as the books like Public Opinion and Liberty and News, news magazine writers such as Ruderman, and news networks like CBS through Bias, A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News and CNN to make her arguments valid and prove that the news is biased and that it does influence readers significantly because of it.
Although, in recent years it is seen that consumers are less likely to subscribe to newspapers and/or watch the daily news. This is due to the fact that they are typically bias in their opinions, and are seen to lack the whole story when presented. Rise in polarization in the media is due to a new found competition between news networks, which was not present sixty years ago. Wilson says, “the news we get is not only more omnipresent, it is also more competitive and hence often more adversarial”. The media outlets are fighting for views, and are willing to do whatever it takes to get them. Which leads to them configuring the stories to what people want to here. Thus making their viewer ratings higher. It is known that certain news stations get more views depending on the political party. “Those who watch CNN are more likely to be Democrats than Republicans; the reverse is emphatically true of Fox”. The media has more outlets to reach their viewers to maximize the effectiveness of their biased
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.
Over seventy percent of Americans believe news is purposely biased(SPJ Code of Ethics). This shows that the people in America know their news is biased and are okay with it. Media bias is hurting the way people view races, religious groups, and certain jobs. Before investigating the situation wholly, people tend to believe what the media is saying which could be a stretch of the truth or even a lie. This essay is about Media Bias and all of the important information surrounding this controversial topic: journalism ethics, the “myth” of liberal media bias, and police department controversy.
One of the major problems in the American media today is non-objective reporting which is also known as bias. This has been a trend since the early 1980?s and is very alarming for American citizens who watch the news for truth and honest reporting. Not only has bias been a problem in the broadcast media of ABC, NBC, and CBS, but it has also been a problem in mainstream newspapers such as The New York Times, The Sun, and The Boston Globe. For years, these media outlets have built their reputations on truth and now the trend is to lean left and not tell the whole story. Evidence of this has become very prominent in war coverage and election bias. Bias in the media is a big issue and causes lots of problems throughout the public such as losing trust in a once great source for news, people going elsewhere for information, being ill-informed, and leading to a low voter turnout.
According to James Madison, “nothing could be more irrational than to give the people power and to withhold from them information, without which power is abused,” suggesting that the people have the right to learn popular information and learn both sides of an issue (Paul and Elder 2). However, in modern society, the media often do not present both sides of an issue and are inclined to often mask information for their personal benefits. Therefore, the people often learn and understand only one aspect of an issue and inevitably lean towards the bias present in that news account. Indubitably, the coverage in the mainstream news media influences the majority through its bias and propaganda, especially its partisan audience, which only appreciates one side of the news story. Thus, even though news networks may claim that their news programs and publications are completely factual and credible, their coverage of news events is politically, commercially, and racially biased.
Ever since the beginning of news, there have been minor alterations to the reports. Doing anything to get their ratings to increase, changes would have to be made, whether it’s simply bending the truth a little or labeling someone or something. In Michael Parenti’s “Methods of Misrepresentation”, Parenti uses his methods of political bias in the news. The news main goal is to grab our attention, no matter what effects it has on the viewers. This is how some mainstream reporters are politically and media biased. “Media plays an extensive role in an individual’s daily life. Right from the second you wake up till you go to bed after saying goodnight to your wife, kid, parents, siblings or friends, you are surrounded in a world built just for you by the media.” (Shafi). The News isn’t the only one influencing the world; no one really notices this but Advertisements play an important role in Media Brainwashing.
The news media rejects the fact that they are biased. They claim that they are the “middle of the road,” and are neutral on the stories that they cover. Publishers also claim that they are the watchdog for the political system, and they make sure that the system is free of any corruption, or wrongdoing. Th...
Is the news media biased in the way to moderates? Yes. Is the news media biased in the way to conventional? Yes. These questions and answers are uninteresting because it is possible to see evidence – anecdotal and otherwise – to “prove” media bias of one stripe or some other. Far more interesting and instructive is studying the integral, or structural, biases of journalism as a professional practice – particularly as mediated through television. We practice the word “bias” here to challenge its current use by partisan critics. A more established, and perhaps more accurate, the word would be “frame.” These are some of the professional frames that structure what journalists can see and how they can represent what they find out. The news media
There for we say yes, media can have a sizeable political impact, especially when a politician controls a substantial share of the media. Media is therefore bad for democracy. Stated throughout this paper is the level of bias that is displayed in the media. This level of bias sways the public far right or far left. Their decisions are based on a political point of view.
Biases are also existing in a situation when there is a story and three different medias that are covering the same story. They all must use same facts, but they also use different words and leave completely different impression of what has happened on its viewers. This is a case o different biases, either they are liberal or conservative. All this examples are showing that there is a lot of biases in media. Neither of this stories can be credible because it coveres only one side and does not give a chance to his viewers to hear both sides and make their own conclusions.
The elimination of media bias is pretty much impossible due to the fact that large corporations head the media, and the heads of most large corporations are white men, but by the implementation of certain strategies it would be a move in the right direction. Media bias is a problem, though it may not be blatant, it is serious because it could be helping to form people?s beliefs about others. People are scared of the unknown, and by giving them a certain portrayal of someone they have had no interaction with; it can have detrimental effects. Who knows actually what impact media bias has had on the nation as a whole. How do we know whether or not media bias has made an individual not get or even lose a job? How do we know how many friendships media bias has stopped from even being initiated? Hopefully one day we will be able to recognize what media bias is, only then will we be able to begin the process of fighting to put an end to it. Only then will we be able to create a fair, unbiased media that is diverse and one that encompasses the ideas of an ideal media.
The Effects of the Media on Trump’s Presidency Media has begun to play an important role in the lives of many. An entirely new world has risen up because of the access to the internet, but this has created a way for the media to influence the thoughts and perceptions of the general public. One way the media has taken advantage of this outlet is with fake and exaggerated new’s stories that promote the agenda of their desire. When Donald Trump began his campaign for presidency the media generally spoke of all of his ill wills, when primaries began they attacked his character, at his election and ever since, the vast majority of the media has sung the song of the victim. Many sources have claimed that his personal beliefs have nearly ruined
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