Is Media Bias real?

Question

I'd love it if the answers were tallied here, but the answers are unique essays. So if you feel like it, go to dearinter.net, find my question there, and answer my poll!

Answer 1

Of course. When u choose which pieces of news appear first, when u cover one side of the story and ignore the other, even the images play a role. This certainly happens everywhere.

Answer 2

The Media will take a story and slant it to their view and/or agenda. Example during Irag War a hospital was destroyed our missiles. The hospital was total loss and both CNN and CBS reported this. Now as this a factual account yes it was however The entire story (if told) did not meet the media bias for those stations. FOX news reported same story which again was factual but FOX reported portion CNN and CBS did NOT. Two weeks prior to attack we (US and Allies) told hospital to evacuate everyone that an attack would come soon and they were in line of fire. Hospital was vacant when destroyed! Now CBS or CNN did NOT report anyone being harm from Hospital but did report some deaths. We (the viewers) would assume it was innocents from Hospital it was not! This is media bias and it works both ways not just for Liberals.

Answer 3

YES!!! It was really funny when I was living in Spain for a year. I would read the paper there and see the same stories that were covered in the US, only in Spain, they were actually two sided!

Answer 4

Liberally biased, yes! Everyone knows the great majority of the media is liberally run.

Answer 5

when they make small stories big just to stir things up and get more people to watch their show or read their paper. then yes

Answer 6

when they avoid all the facts and print government crap then there is only 1 answer...

Answer 7

Yes it is... Look at coverage in Iraq...

Answer 8

YES!