American journalists

Jamonica Gandy Mr. Leatherwood English Composition I Monday 6pm 11 April 2016 How Television Distorts Reality Benjamin Radford is the managing editor of the science magazine Skeptical Inquirer. Radford received a BA in psychology from the University of Mexico. He published hundreds of articles on urban legends, media, paranormal events and critical thinking. In his article, How Television Distorts Reality, he states that television distorts reality by focusing attention on scandalous events.…

Fox News is one of the most controversial American television stations mainly because of one word, bias. They have been accused on several occasions of favoring the political right and misrepresenting facts/arguments. However, it seems to have gotten to the point where people just assume Fox News is overly biased based on what others say. There are a lot of people who have never even seen a decent amount of Fox News just because they assume that it’s garbage. I was one of those people until…

Sarah Liese, Tyler Kelly, Italiana Anderson, Cathy Ryngaert 10 Ethical Questions: We need to know who has the ownership to the photo. Without this, we will not know be able to conclude who’s in the wrong Our journalistic purpose is to tell the truth and keep the readers informed so they can make sense of the world around them. Our ethical concerns are manipulating a photo in a way that creates a false sense of reality and that could ultimately harm the public. “Don’t deceive a trusting…

Media bias is the bias in journalism and news production for the mass media inside selections of cases and stories and how they are addressed. Media bias can be found anywhere in the media related to very controversial topics such as, abortion, gun control, and majorly in politics. This is nothing new but what is new the shameless ways of blurring/nudging the truth in line with marketing. The blurring of truth hinders the average consumers mind and blurs all the facts and different perspectives…

News media has controlled the way information is broadcasted and presented to the public. Articles surrounding constant controversy can be written in different views regarding bias against the major parties involved in a controversy. A great example of these bias in news media is the current ongoing separation and divorce battle between Hollywood heart throb Johnny Depp and soon to be ex-wife Amber Heard. With both parties having their share of fans it is no surprise that media outlets are…

With immediate access to a wide range of news and information sources throughout the Internet today, there are undoubtedly a variety of perspectives on important issues. Although Baran suggests that the Internet does not enable citizens to create their own biases, I believe that the variation among multifarious news and information sources allows citizens to seek multiple viewpoints on important issues in order to make informed choices. Social media, television and the Internet are just a few of…

The author should be credential in order for the media to be credible. The information is not biased and the information is accurate. The audience and readers of the media do not encounter any mistakes and find the source reliable. Many news editors believe that, the author of the media should be credential in order for the media to be credible. The author of the article must have a degree, or past experience, or are well known, in order for the story to be credible. If the author’s name is…

In recent year’s news coverage have presented information as a form of individual biases to the public, while undermining the opposing viewpoints of others towards the same issue. As a result, viewers are often misinformed about the true face of contentious issues broadcasted throughout news stations. The news that the public perceive as truth is quite often just the point of view of a group of few. For that reason, the fairness doctrine was introduced back in 1949 its purpose was to avoid the…

In “Soldier’s Home” written by Ernest Hemingway, Harold Krebs, referred to as Krebs, is a young man who has just returned home from Germany where he served in the Army during World War I. However, his transition from a soldier of war to a citizen in his society proves to be harder than the people around him expect. In “A Sorrowful Woman” written by Gail Godwin, the woman is a wife and mother who falls ill and decides to keep herself away from both of them. Both Krebs and the woman display…

The University of Michigan is a prominent institute which promotes both educational and professional prosperity. The aim of my postsecondary career and beyond is to generate a sense of social and political awareness to uninformed individuals similar to myself. Ultimately in my professional career I hope to use major media platforms to do so. I plan to major in Political Science and minor in Communication Studies. The University of Michigan offers a rigorous curriculum and diverse extracurricular…