The group that presented in class highlighted 7 types of media bias. As a broadcast journalism major, I am focusing on the television media, and as a (former) political science minor, I am focusing on political bias.
- Political
It is no secret that Fox News is conservative and MSNBC is liberal. I don't think it is such a bad thing. Still, both sides are being represented. What is disturbing is when people refuse to recognize those biases. Fox News still claims to be "Fair and Balanced" and this advisor of President Obama was hesitant to say that MSNBC is biased. The New York Times seems to get it though.
I think very highly of Tom Brokaw as well as of his successor Brian Williams. I do not detect political bias in their reporting. That, and the fact that John Williams composed the theme for "NBC Nightly News" is why I like watching NBC News.
Both MSNBC and Fox News provide meaningful political coverage on their cable networks. I do not feel they are deceptive in their bias, and for that reason do not mind it. But as Campbell Brown said at the end of her broadcast, "When you just target one side, you reveal your own bias -- that you are only critical of those who are critical of you". Thus, government, private institutions, and individuals must not pretend that the bias does not exist.
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