Bias Within the Media Essay

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Presence of Media Bias in News Programs

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The topic of discussion revolves around bias in media, specifically in news program. The question "Are news reporters and news stations out of control?" warrants further clarification before the paper offers an answer. What exactly is meant by out of control? Are they out of control in what respect? Which news reporters and news stations are we talking about? There is a huge array of news stations around the world. Some are publically funded and some are privately funded. There is a news program on television and online for virtually every topic imaginable including technology, economics, finance, world/current events, health, education, as well as what many of us are familiar with, general news programs that cover local, domestic, and limited international news. Out of these, which are we talking about? The answers to the primary questions that the paper will argue depend on the answers to these other questions.

The other question up for debate is "Or do you believe that the media as a whole reports the news with objectivity?" The short and simple answer to that question is no. Bias is wholly unavoidable in any form of expression whether it is speech, print, or news medial; so, no, media does not and cannot deliver news objectively by virtue of the nature of media as well as by virtue of human nature.

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No news program reports news with complete objectivity let alone the entire body of media. All aspects of media reflect bias -- the writing, the methods of production, the methods of distribution, the amount of distribution, the content, the aesthetics, even how the news casters dress is a reflection of bias. (Wahl-Jorgensen & Hanitzsch, 2009)

The bias presence in the news is a collection or amalgamation of bias. There are news programs and stations that make greater attempts at news reporting with less bias and more objectivity than others such as PBS, but that is not the normative practice or condition and such stations & programs are not the most well funded or widely distributed as the more biased ones. It is typically the stations and programs with the most money are the most biased. (Giles, 2003) Some stations and programs admit their bias to their audiences, but many programs and stations do not. They advertise and broadcast that they are providing news objectively, but with a….....

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