Media bias in the United States

radio programs and more from television and the internet. Media influence has become more prominent in our nation in the last ten years than ever before. The media has sufficiently made an impact on the increasingly liberal views in our country even when news sources have been accused of leaning to the left or right of the political spectrum when reporting the news; FOX News and MSNBC are infamous for showing conservative and liberal bias in their newscasts. Since the shooting of Michael Brown…

In the weeks following these events the various media outlets surrounding the Sheppard’s home, covered the investigation of the Marilyn Sheppard’s murder. However, the majority of the media that released information on the murder painted Dr. Sheppard to be the killer. They took advantage of everything Sheppard did and said and spun him into a murderous husband. For example, by him having a very expensive and good criminal defense attorney the media said that was a…

Poverty in the United States has been a persistent issue for many decades. Conley (2011) defined poverty as being “a condition of deprivation due to economic circumstances.” The root of poverty is the cause of two major factors; a person’s average income, and the lack of opportunities to prosper. Although, the U.S government has tried to adopt legislation to end the nation’s poverty, no objective has been successful. By virtue of the high rates of poverty, there are many people that believe…

representation of Arab/Muslim Americans during the past decade. On the one hand, the number of hate crimes, negative portrayals, racist political rhetoric and discrimination against Muslims and Arabs have risen exponentially. On the other hand, many media outlets including T.V. networks, movies production companies and newspapers attempted to portray Muslims as victims and patriotic. The article argues that such amicable representations of Muslims/Arabs are “strategies used by television…

Kathy O’Brien states that, “Half of those jurors, no matter what they said when we questioned them when we picked the jury, believed you were guilty the moment they laid eyes on you. You’re young, you’re Black, and you’re on trial. What else do they need to know?” (78-79), implying that within the American justice system those involved in the process have an inherent and almost innate sense of racial bias that clouds their judgment when entering the courtroom. In the United States it is said…

In the year of 1898 Spain declared war on the United States. The U.S. prime objective was for the true Cuban independence. In pursuing such goal, the string of conflicts began with the poor treatment of Cuban civilians in concentration camps by the Spanish, ‘yellow journalism,” and the sinking of the U.S.S. Maine. The United States involvement in the war was a combination of all of these factors; however, the most influential factor was the sinking of the U.S.S. Maine. The outrage of American…

terrorist groups, but terrorism is not always foreign. Terrorism is a cowardly act committed by a religious and political group of people seeking to intimidate a government, civilians, and our military. There is a lot of “homegrown” terrorism in the United States. There have been many mass shootings at schools, shopping malls and even during street protests. There have been numerous bombings at public events, such as the Boston Marathon. These cowardice acts of terrorism were brought by…

In the article “The media exaggerates negative news. This distortion has consequences”(2018), the author Steven Pinker introduces to the general public why the media like to report the negative news and exaggerate it. The author states exaggeration is worse and he explains why it happened. Firstly the author describes what is negative news and he gives some examples of the negative news in history. Then he argues the negative news effects and he believes it is negative forwards to the public. In…

In my initial implicit bias test, it yielded unexpected results regarding the biases I possess. I took the tests analyzing African American and European American, Arab Muslims and other people, and the association of American with European American and foreign with Asian American. The first test was taken at the beginning of the semester to help us to begin understanding the concepts of intercultural communication. My first results produced fairly predictable results, considering my personal…

Defining the Hispanic community starts from one word, when they are brought to reality, it is affective. Labels begin from the media to the news to history. In history, Hispanics are portrayed as lazy, unintelligent and aliens. These stereotypes are just a few of the many the Hispanic community hears…