People everyday watch the news to become informed on what is going on in the world, without realizing that the viewers are being misled. The news is supposed to provide viewers with current events without being deceiving but instead, news channels are beginning to input their own political views in reports. People who watch the news often try to get their views validated or justified rather than challenged. For example if someone is a conservative one will more likely than not watch a news channel that is of the conservative viewpoint to get the feeling that their views on the issue is right. A lot of people who are all conservative or are all liberal are becoming content with just watching the news broadcast that suits their views. These people
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In his book he talks about how the media distorts the issues that are broadcasted in the news. Bernie Goldberg, also a Fox News contributor, says in a interview with John Stossel that America is stuck in a contradictory media culture and bias is everywhere in the news. There is also a huge bias on the viewer's part and people are wanting to get their opinions justified. Liberals watch the Liberal networks and Conservatives watch Conservative networks to get their views validated. Before there was not much of a choice of what new broadcasts people could watch, which made it easier for people to stay open minded. Back then there was only partially left and partially right but now with different networks who are all conservative or all liberal it narrows down the viewer's ability to get a good grasp of all the information without having to deal with one sided points of views. If liberal or conservative reporters roam from their traditional beliefs they will usually be attacked right away from the people in their party and Accused of being biased (Bernie Goldberg). Viewers do not like to be challenged in the sense of watching and listening to other sources because they do not want to be wrong or have to hear about something they do not agree with. In many instances groupthink comes into play especially when dealing with stories told by the news or
In his book he talks about how the media distorts the issues that are broadcasted in the news. Bernie Goldberg, also a Fox News contributor, says in a interview with John Stossel that America is stuck in a contradictory media culture and bias is everywhere in the news. There is also a huge bias on the viewer's part and people are wanting to get their opinions justified. Liberals watch the Liberal networks and Conservatives watch Conservative networks to get their views validated. Before there was not much of a choice of what new broadcasts people could watch, which made it easier for people to stay open minded. Back then there was only partially left and partially right but now with different networks who are all conservative or all liberal it narrows down the viewer's ability to get a good grasp of all the information without having to deal with one sided points of views. If liberal or conservative reporters roam from their traditional beliefs they will usually be attacked right away from the people in their party and Accused of being biased (Bernie Goldberg). Viewers do not like to be challenged in the sense of watching and listening to other sources because they do not want to be wrong or have to hear about something they do not agree with. In many instances groupthink comes into play especially when dealing with stories told by the news or