To quote directly from my amiga Lotus36: "Conservatism is not in par w/ reporting on different perspectives it aims at CONSERVING its own agenda. Liberalism is based on showing equal sides of things and that is why the media is and always will be liberal, meaning equal" well-rounded and diverse.
2007-03-21 03:38:42 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
Liberal and conservative do not seriously distinguish anything in US policy. They are very ambiguous terms without clear definition, as far as US politics are concerned. Do you mean liberal as in those who believe in the separation of church and state as in 19th c. Latin America? The derived their name from the liberals who believed in unregulated trade, blind trust in technology and... well, check Smith, Bacon and Locke... I just mean, the words have lost their meaning pal. Conservative... in relation to what? in many ways socialists are conservatives because they believe that the state has obligations towards the individual that have been unfulfilled since the feudal age. Then again self-labeled conservatives want to bring back the moral code of ancient Israel!!! so, what do the words mean? The people who own the media are businessmen, so that whatever you may want to say about the media it is always pro-rich, always pro-bussiness, always pro ratings. Which means that the private media will never look after your interests, unless you are a neo-con (there i go with the empty epithets)
2007-03-21 04:09:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Today's liberal media does not give equal weight to both sides. Read Bernard Goldberg's "Bias." He's not a conservative by any means, but he got sick & tired of the obvious liberal bias of the so-called "mainstream media," and he exposed it based on his decades of insider knowledge & experience. It's OK for reporters to be liberal, conservative or for that matter anything from libertarian to communist in their personal views. But if they are supposed to provide a service to the general public, then they need to present stories fairly & objectively and not exhibit bias. In that, they have failed miserably.
2007-03-21 06:26:08 · answer #2 · answered by Ray 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The media is supposed and expected to report on all issues - without bias - at all times, however, this does not happen.
Bias is very much alive and well.
For various reasons, what is reported is hardly ever the plain truth; just shadows of it.
2007-03-21 05:04:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The FCC act of 1933 stated that media should be "in the public interest." If that to you is liberal, then it should. But like many such phrases, it can be manipulated to mean whatever one wants, especially if you have influence.
2007-03-21 03:43:18 · answer #4 · answered by holacarinados 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes but they should stop brainwashing people to vote they're way i bet most of them are really republicans anyway
2007-03-24 22:10:38 · answer #5 · answered by laurie k 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋