Journalism

“The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses” (Malcolm X, 1925-1965). Mass media allows for the quick dissemination of news and ideas throughout a large audience. This media, however, is often influenced by political agendas and powerful figures. Whether through story placement, omission, under-reporting, or another form of deceit, media very…

Website News Bias This is a very interesting paper for me to write, I am very interested and an avid reader of daily news and have my own favorite sources for information off of the internet. So the topic is about if websites that report the news as face, if they mislead the public or slant the information one way or another, and this could even include Facebook or other Social Media sites for news. In my opinion yes there are news outlets, or websites that do slant the information one way or…

After hearing about different opinions regarding cable news, I found myself becoming more curious about bias in the media, especially within CNN and Fox News, the two most popular cable news channels. What I wanted to know is: how biased are CNN and Fox News? Most people are aware that CNN tends to lean more liberal and Fox News leans more conservative. However, through my research, I learned that the perception of bias in the media is based on relativity. Furthermore, I found that it is best to…

Everyday there are countless media stories surrounding corrupt and scandalous politicians in the United States. These elected officials are subjected to the criticism of constituents and reporters who are ready to divulge their heinous secrets. Secrets that are brought to light can be used to defame a politicians reputation and turn them into an appalling monster in the eyes of the American people. Whilst making them into a monster the focus of news coverage on personal matters leads to a…

Bias reporting in the main stream media has grown into a National phenomenon, especially after the most recent election cycle. There is no middle ground and there are never two sides to any story. The term “fake news” is voiced over and over again by politicians and I can’t help but to agree. Before you dismiss my essay in the assumptions that I am out on a mission to “Make America Great Again”, I believe all parties are equally guilty. Reporting now will have you believe you are either left or…

When a person has no choice but to trust what they hear, news becomes a dangerous topic, or more accurately transforms from sure fact to discrete fabrications. Once people become complacent, there is no one to question whether the information people are being fed is truthful at all. It remains true to this day that “Because media is such a large part of people’s lives today...if...information is not being given in full or truthfully, then the society is left uneducated” (“Censorship Effects on…

Today we struggle understanding to understand the rights and wrongs. People have very contrasting morals that one may question. It’s not the certain different virtues that people tend to have but the hypocrisy that comes with their actions. As a technological society, we tend to look into media outlets to inform ourselves. What we don’t know is how reliable can our media outlets beour media outlets be can.? How do we identify such hypocrisy and watered down facts? The answer is through the…

I agree with Howard Zinn’s viewpoint of objectivity and subjectivity in a way. In Zinn’s excerpt he proclaims how “One, that it’s not possible. Two, it's not desirable”. Zinn was talking about how If you were to take a history book of some sort and start putting certain facts into the book and big ideas it’s already subjective. For a history book, website or museum to be objective it would need to have every fact of every story from every angle of that event. “People claim they were objective.…

Medias has a huge power and we know if for a long time. They have this tool called manipulation- and they use it by manipulating the facts. So do media really influence people that much? In the year 1960 in the United States of America for the first time in their history, presidential debate where eared on Television. The debate was between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. It is well described in the article titled “The Kennedy-Nixon Debates”, on the website “History.com”. People were…

Media, as we know it, has revolutionized how we live. It is a constant part of our lives whether it be television, radio, internet or social media. Media has dictated how and what type of news we receive. The news can range from various topics and it has certainly had its fair share in politics. Whether good or bad, politics in the media has brought the country together and torn it apart. Nevertheless, who and what decides what the public sees in the news and media regarding politics? Ultimately…