Essay On Media Bias
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 spin on the love lives of celebrities, or the happenings in the political circles of the world’s governments.
Take the News stations on the TV as an example. When putting together a news reel the one in charge of what news stories will be told and in what order will they be told in has to decide which story has top priority, which will grab the public attention most, and in what order will the chosen stories be placed in to ensure that the general public will continue to watch their news station. The news networks also use many behind the scene ways to alter how the news is told such as bias by omission. “Bias by omission – leaving one side out of an …show more content…
There will always be some form of bias, intentional or not, when dealing with information provided by outside sources. Prioritizing the news of what is important and by what effect who is a form of bias that affects any story. Humans are biased about nearly everything in their lives and is not limited to the media. You cannot read, learn, or hear about any kind of information without it being at least partially biased or missing key information. An easy way to clear up some bias in the media is to get your information or news on a certain subject or story from multiple sources and compared the information gather from them, in order to find common facts that appear in most of the sources in order to decide what is the most correct form of the subject or
Take the News stations on the TV as an example. When putting together a news reel the one in charge of what news stories will be told and in what order will they be told in has to decide which story has top priority, which will grab the public attention most, and in what order will the chosen stories be placed in to ensure that the general public will continue to watch their news station. The news networks also use many behind the scene ways to alter how the news is told such as bias by omission. “Bias by omission – leaving one side out of an …show more content…
There will always be some form of bias, intentional or not, when dealing with information provided by outside sources. Prioritizing the news of what is important and by what effect who is a form of bias that affects any story. Humans are biased about nearly everything in their lives and is not limited to the media. You cannot read, learn, or hear about any kind of information without it being at least partially biased or missing key information. An easy way to clear up some bias in the media is to get your information or news on a certain subject or story from multiple sources and compared the information gather from them, in order to find common facts that appear in most of the sources in order to decide what is the most correct form of the subject or