Plain and simple, Media is bias. In anyway that you would like to put it, this statement is a fact. The country always seems to have something to say about media depending on the current events happening at the time. If it's a republican, the media is too left-winged, and if it's a democrat, then the media just seems to head right a little too much.
Bias media has plagued the United States ever since Watergate though, of course it existed before that, but Watergate totally portrayed the scandal as an in-depth conspiracy of the entire republican party, not just Nixon. Although, much of the Republican Party was to blame, the majority of the media decided to conveniently add that the whole party was too blame. I think this was the turning point of when media turned left. Of course, I have to add that I am a republican, but most of my views are without bias, and basically coming from left-winged articles (Walsh).
As possibly the best recent example of Bias media, would have to be the current election between Vice President Al Gore, and Governor George Bush. Now, no matter what anyone says, Al gore will have a advantage throughout this entire election. Wonder why? How about the face that there is currently a democratic leader in charge of our country, and not to mention, a democratic congress. If one wanted to look over the Internet, and find headlines on the election, this is what they would find: Lieberman Says Bush Not Ready for White House Updated 8:50 PM ET October 29, 2000 By Carol Giacomo WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic vice presidential candidate Joseph Lieberman charged on Sunday that Republican George W. Bush is unprepared to be president, as the tight and increasingly personal race for the White....
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