Sycira Angel Ortiz Professor Mignerey Composition & Rhetoric 1301 2 October 2014 Ebola and Media Bias Currently‚ there is an Ebola virus outbreak that is possibly threatening society. There have been countless reports in the media covering the virus and how it may have spread over several continents. Sources have stated that the virus outbreak started in Liberia. Eric Bolling reports that Texas Health Ebola has killed 75‚000 in just one year. The Ebola virus is one that is extremely contagious
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Media bias is an unavoidable aspect of any information spreading source or program. Much like the saying “history is written by the victors” (Winston Churchill)‚ any information provided to the general public should be expected to be affected by the personal bias of the ones reporting the information. While it may be hard to spot an example of media bias‚ it is definitely there even if it is not meant to come on as a bias. Whether it is the placement of articles in the local newspaper‚ the scandalous
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Liberal Media is a Myth It is often said that the news media has a liberal bias. Joseph Goebbels said it best “if you repeat something often enough‚ people will believe it.” This couldn’t be truer in politics‚ it’s that bandwagon effect; everyone believes it so you should too. Alterman (2003) stated‚ “Conservatives have intimidated journalists into repeating their baseless accusations of liberal bias by virtue of their willingness to repeat it… endlessly.” (p.37). In fact‚ 75% of conservatives
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reporting it differently. This is an example of media bias. News sources‚ whether it’s from TV. an online website‚ or a column in a popular magazine; they can all be bias. Media bias is when a media source chooses how to report a certain topic or story with each having their own individual point of view. News outlets are bias because they push beliefs or forced perspective to viewers. This causes stories to be twisted or untrue. With media bias growing throughout media outlets‚ this has created a
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Media bias is used to emphasize one particular point of view in a way that without the average viewer even knowing. The journalists are able to maintain the standards of professional and also giving the one side of the story. There are a variety of media bias claims‚ for example‚ liberal bias‚ conservative bias‚ mainstream bias‚ and corporate bias. The average person uses the newspapers‚ radio‚ internet‚ or television to receive their news‚ weather updates‚ and other important topics. Liberal bias
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How bias is your media? And if at all‚ can you determine to what degree and in what direction of the spectrum? That is the question that economists‚ political analysts and the American public have been trying to answer for years. The two articles that I analyzed are in response to studies‚ and a subsequent book‚ written by Tim Groseclose called Left Turn: How liberal Media Bias Distorts the American Mind. Both articles review the findings of Groseclose’s book‚ but do so in very different ways. The
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Karen April 21‚ 2013 Psych. 1100 Psychology Analysis Paper #3 Cognitive Dissonance The Psychological story of decision making does not end however when the decision has been made. The act of making a decision can trigger a lot of other properties. According to psychologist Leon Festinger‚ whenever we choose to do something that conflicts with our prior beliefs‚ feelings‚ or values; a state of cognitive dissonance is created in us. (p. 244) A tension between what we think and what we do
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judgement is affected by cognitive biases‚ “a cognitive bias refers to systematic patterns of deviation from norm or rationality in judgement‚ whereby inferences about other people and situations may be drawn in an illogical fashion” (Wikipedia‚ 2016). In simpler terms cognitive biases are natural ways our brains work that causes distortions or errors in thought or judgement. There are multiple types of cognitive biases‚ three examples I have experienced are confirmation bias‚ representativeness heuristic
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Connie Zhang Media Bias Against Hilary Clinton in the Election of 2008 The election of 2008 was monumental in many respects‚ the most significant being the fact that there was a chance that the first woman or African American would become president of the United States. After Obama won the nomination‚ claims that the media had been negative and unfair to Clinton were examined. In earlier studies conducted by D’Alessio and Allen‚ it was concluded there were no significant biases in most forms of
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Reformulating News Media Bias: A New Theoretical and Methodological Approach By Peter Brinson Allegations of media bias are nothing new in the United States. Though conservatives have been the most vocal in recent years‚ liberals have also been known to argue that the news media systematically presents information in a way that privileges the opposition’s viewpoint. This debate has been carried out in the popular press as well‚ with each side struggling to provide the definitive proof that the
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