Brief One: Bias in Cable News
Paying Attention to What We Pay Attention To In this era of social media and technology, the news is spread in seconds. While the speedy delivery of news and information is not inherently bad, the spread of biased and tainted news is. Every day we allow ourselves to listen to whatever news is "trending". Bias in cable news, or any news, has a heavy influence on political and personal beliefs, which can drastically affect someone's ability to understand current events. The definition of media bias is described as, "when journalists or news organizations allow their own opinions to affect the news that they report and the way that they report it. " A certain amount of trust should be maintained between the reporter and viewer, with the absolute confidence that a biased point of view will not deter the message. In most cable news platforms , bias lies within the message. Whether the news debuts from a far-right side bias like Fox News or an extreme...