Media Bias Research Paper
Arsnel Pynas
Professor Bennett
English 1101
10 December 2015\ The Many Types of Media Bias We face Today Media bias is the bias or perceived bias of journalist and news producers within the media in the media in selection of events and stories that are reported and how they are covered. Media Bias has been going on for quite a while and people are unaware on who's to blame. I disagree I blame the journalist and producers for spreading the bias across the world for entertainment and money, it is not right and should be stopped. There are many types of media bias, there is bias by omission, by selection of sources, by story selection, by placement, by labeling and by spin. Media bias by omission …show more content…
This type of bias happens a lot of times but people tend to overlook what's right in front of them, for example there was a study done by liberals that shows that drinking can make a person more conservative. This study was published on the Rolling stones and got tons of publicity whereas a very similar study done by a conservative group got no publicity. To identify this type of bias story selection the reader must first be aware of both the conservative and liberal sides of the issue, understand the amount of coverage conservative problems get compared to liberal problems. One example of bias by story selection is from a boycott blog that stated that “0bama' and Hillary's lies about the video were exposed by Fox News a solid two weeks before the 2012 re-election of 0bama. Fox is the ONLY one that covered the story. ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, completely blacked out the story until well after 0bama was re-elected. AND when they finally did cover the story, well after 0bama was sworn in for his second term, they used bias by Omission and all other biases to minimize the public's knowledge and understand as to the depth of 0bama and Hillary's lies” was a great example of bias by story selection because the media covered a portion of the story and made the others more appealing and seem …show more content…
The story only has one exposition of an event or policy to the rejection of the other making one side ideological perspective look better than another. To see if its bias by spin try and examine which interpretation of an event or policy a news story matches, the liberal or the conservative. On the other hand most news stories don't show a particular spin but instead summarize the spin put on by both side, if it reflects one to the exclusion of the other then its bias by spin. One example of spin bias viewed in the book excerpt from “How to Identify, Expose and Correct Liberal Media Bias” by Brent Baker is from CBS economics correspondent Ray Brady, the networks' Prince of Darkness when it comes to negative news on the economy. On October 12, 1989, home prices were down. That's great news for buyers, but not for sellers, so Brady focused on the sellers: "In the past, the American dream of owning your own home always had a sequel -- live in it, then sell it at a huge profit...So another dream has faded." Five months later, on March 16, 1990, home prices were rising, so the conclusion switched to the buyers: "So they keep looking. Thousands of young couples like the Wares, looking for that first house, looking for what used to be called the American dream." This is a very good example because it shows spin bias that is being used and
Professor Bennett
English 1101
10 December 2015\ The Many Types of Media Bias We face Today Media bias is the bias or perceived bias of journalist and news producers within the media in the media in selection of events and stories that are reported and how they are covered. Media Bias has been going on for quite a while and people are unaware on who's to blame. I disagree I blame the journalist and producers for spreading the bias across the world for entertainment and money, it is not right and should be stopped. There are many types of media bias, there is bias by omission, by selection of sources, by story selection, by placement, by labeling and by spin. Media bias by omission …show more content…
This type of bias happens a lot of times but people tend to overlook what's right in front of them, for example there was a study done by liberals that shows that drinking can make a person more conservative. This study was published on the Rolling stones and got tons of publicity whereas a very similar study done by a conservative group got no publicity. To identify this type of bias story selection the reader must first be aware of both the conservative and liberal sides of the issue, understand the amount of coverage conservative problems get compared to liberal problems. One example of bias by story selection is from a boycott blog that stated that “0bama' and Hillary's lies about the video were exposed by Fox News a solid two weeks before the 2012 re-election of 0bama. Fox is the ONLY one that covered the story. ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, completely blacked out the story until well after 0bama was re-elected. AND when they finally did cover the story, well after 0bama was sworn in for his second term, they used bias by Omission and all other biases to minimize the public's knowledge and understand as to the depth of 0bama and Hillary's lies” was a great example of bias by story selection because the media covered a portion of the story and made the others more appealing and seem …show more content…
The story only has one exposition of an event or policy to the rejection of the other making one side ideological perspective look better than another. To see if its bias by spin try and examine which interpretation of an event or policy a news story matches, the liberal or the conservative. On the other hand most news stories don't show a particular spin but instead summarize the spin put on by both side, if it reflects one to the exclusion of the other then its bias by spin. One example of spin bias viewed in the book excerpt from “How to Identify, Expose and Correct Liberal Media Bias” by Brent Baker is from CBS economics correspondent Ray Brady, the networks' Prince of Darkness when it comes to negative news on the economy. On October 12, 1989, home prices were down. That's great news for buyers, but not for sellers, so Brady focused on the sellers: "In the past, the American dream of owning your own home always had a sequel -- live in it, then sell it at a huge profit...So another dream has faded." Five months later, on March 16, 1990, home prices were rising, so the conclusion switched to the buyers: "So they keep looking. Thousands of young couples like the Wares, looking for that first house, looking for what used to be called the American dream." This is a very good example because it shows spin bias that is being used and