Bias and Deception
The news media is America's primary source of political, local and international events, and as such has a responsibility to objectively provide validated facts and political statements within the full context of the situation said statements were given. It is the sole purpose of the media to relay facts to the general public; not pander to a specific constituency. All national news channels are guilty of some bias, especially when relating to political issues. MSNBC is widely known as a "leftist" news channel, while FOX news is famous for its conservative bias. Some bias is to be expected; if the target market is a more conservative group, the content will reflect that. There is a point, however, where the bias becomes larger than the events themselves, and at that point it is unacceptable. When stories are molded to fit preconceived ideas and opinions, the reporter has slipped past acceptable bias and barreled head-over-heels into public deception.
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