Liberal Bias In Social Media

In modern America, there is a consistent division between people. A common causef of this division is political beliefs. Actions of people on different sides of the political argument can cause contention between people, and these actions cause arguments. The American culture has progressed liberally, and there is liberal bias that is prominent in the media that shows that progression.

First, liberal bias is prominent in social media. Many adults and teenagers have addictions to social media and are influenced by it. Charles M. Ess writes “Our engagements with new digital media appear to bring in their wake important transformations in our sense of self and identity.” Social media indirectly changes what people think and the filters they …show more content…
Today, important topics such as politics and religion are avoided in discussions, causing many people to not be aware of the problems in their society. As Marvin Olasky says in Prodigal Press: The Anti-Christian Bias of the American News Media, “Using attention-grabbers, skillfully constructed stories, and careful placement of articles… talented individuals are able to pull wool over untrained eyes.” People are fed information that is incorrect or biased, and they do not realize it because the bias is well camouflaged by the writers. For example, there is much liberal bias in celebrity-based articles. People idolize celebrities, and writers give biased messages discretely by camouflaging them under information about the celebrity. An article written about a celebrity could have positive leans for issues such as abortion or LGBTQ, but people do not realize it because they are distracted by the new music or movie mentioned in the article. People support an issue indirectly because they want to read an entertaining article about a person upon whom too much importance is placed. By paying attention to the subpoints of the articles people read, they can choose what they believe and what they allow in their minds. But it must be a conscientious …show more content…
It can be so difficult to find these sources because “ownership of the media. . . had become too concentrated.” There may be several websites available, but a there could only be a few owners and editors which work for multiple websites. While there are available sources that have more conservative views, they are often harder to find compared to the liberal sources because of this. It does not help that more popular websites tend to be the first options that appear in a search, and those websites tend to be liberal. When sites and sources are found that have conservative beliefs, they are often attacked and ridiculed as incompetent sources, and are often not allowed to be used in most modern public education. When the internet was made, “it was thought that a truly democratic and honest means of sharing information had arrived.” However, this was not the case. Some schools might allow news websites such as CNN, but the more conservative ones such as FOX would now be