Summary Of Dealing With Media Bias By Bernard Goldberg

The public should understand that the media does not always inform the people with the complete truth. The information may be partially correct, but each news source tends to ignore what it disagrees with and reports only what is beneficial to it. In the video “Dealing With Media Bias,” Bernard Goldberg explains how the media sources are all filtered through different prisms. Goldberg also concludes that people simply do not have the time to sit down and read the newspaper nor to watch enough television to be able to gather their own opinions from various news sources. The prisms that Goldberg talks about show how each source develops a different opinion on a topic, which is then pushed upon the viewers. These viewers, however, would rather learn from all the facts instead of all the opposing opinions. But for those who do not have the time to
Libertarians and conservatives, for example, would most likely watch or follow Fox News, since it is the only major network to reflect on libertarian and conservative beliefs. ABC, CBS, and NBC however, demonstrate liberal beliefs. Liberals would find it suitable to follow any or all of these networks. On the other hand, CNN and MSNBC are on the conservative side. The viewers of these two networks would most likely be conservative and have opposing ideas with those who watch the other listed channels. These grouped networks further influence the viewers by supporting the corresponding political parties and its agenda. The networks further support the political views of the people, who are then led to believe that their thoughts must be true, since the news sources reported so. Many times, this creates an area of conflict between the opposing political parties. Just because one believes in a political party’s idea, it does not mean that all of the information that its supporting network provides is