Comments on: Media Bias http://www.davehitt.com/blog2/media-bias/ The Only Blog That Gets You Smartenized® Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:07:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Hittman http://www.davehitt.com/blog2/media-bias/comment-page-1/#comment-4847 Hittman Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:35:13 +0000 http://www.davehitt.com/blog2/?p=890#comment-4847 And the very idea that journalism <i>should</i> be unbiased is a fairly recent one. There are still some old daily newspapers around that have "Republican" or "Democrat" in the title. And the very idea that journalism should be unbiased is a fairly recent one. There are still some old daily newspapers around that have
“Republican” or “Democrat” in the title.

]]> By: Brian http://www.davehitt.com/blog2/media-bias/comment-page-1/#comment-4846 Brian Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:18:31 +0000 http://www.davehitt.com/blog2/?p=890#comment-4846 I think it's important to point out too that the U.S. Media has pretty much always been biased since its very beginning. No mainstream news media outlet has ever put out perfectly "fair and balanced" information out to the public. It's simply impossible to do so. Although I do agree that it's gotten much, much worse in recent years, it has always been a problem. In fact, the phrase "yellow journalism," which is a derogatory term to describe biased journalism, dates all the way back to the 1890s, when newspaper magnates William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer both published sensationalist stories (filled with outright lies) about ill-treatment of Americans by the Spanish. This drummed up war support in congress and resulted in the Spanish-American War (sound familiar anyone?). I think it’s important to point out too that the U.S. Media has pretty much always been biased since its very beginning. No mainstream news media outlet has ever put out perfectly “fair and balanced” information out to the public. It’s simply impossible to do so. Although I do agree that it’s gotten much, much worse in recent years, it has always been a problem. In fact, the phrase “yellow journalism,” which is a derogatory term to describe biased journalism, dates all the way back to the 1890s, when newspaper magnates William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer both published sensationalist stories (filled with outright lies) about ill-treatment of Americans by the Spanish. This drummed up war support in congress and resulted in the Spanish-American War (sound familiar anyone?).

]]> By: Brian Riley http://www.davehitt.com/blog2/media-bias/comment-page-1/#comment-4822 Brian Riley Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:14:40 +0000 http://www.davehitt.com/blog2/?p=890#comment-4822 Dave, I agree that all media has some bias, some more than others, but as I mentioned in a post on another topic, Fox does seem to be less biased than the others. As for "Fair and Balanced" you are correct, they are not, but they do try to just present the news and not give their opinion as to how you should feel about it. And Fox is not all conservative, as is evident by the fact that Geraldo Rivera is still on Fox. As for the example you mentioned of 9/12, only Fox and CNN were actually there, and most were saying "tens of thousands" including the afore mentioned Geraldo Rivera, which implies less than 100,000. But I saw more than that when I was there and this picture suggests there were much more than that. http://iowntheworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/capitol-view-lo-res.jpg This was the picture I was not able to take because they would not let us get on the steps of the Capitol Building. But I can give you a link to the pictures I did take. Also, there is a time lapse video of the march from Freedom Plaza to the capitol Building that shows it was curb to curb for 3.5 hours. I was near the front. Brian Dave,
I agree that all media has some bias, some more than others, but as I mentioned in a post on another topic, Fox does seem to be less biased than the others. As for “Fair and Balanced” you are correct, they are not, but they do try to just present the news and not give their opinion as to how you should feel about it. And Fox is not all conservative, as is evident by the fact that Geraldo Rivera is still on Fox. As for the example you mentioned of 9/12, only Fox and CNN were actually there, and most were saying “tens of thousands” including the afore mentioned Geraldo Rivera, which implies less than 100,000. But I saw more than that when I was there and this picture suggests there were much more than that.
http://iowntheworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/capitol-view-lo-res.jpg

This was the picture I was not able to take because they would not let us get on the steps of the Capitol Building. But I can give you a link to the pictures I did take. Also, there is a time lapse video of the march from Freedom Plaza to the capitol Building that shows it was curb to curb for 3.5 hours. I was near the front.

Brian

]]> By: Dave Hitt http://www.davehitt.com/blog2/media-bias/comment-page-1/#comment-4802 Dave Hitt Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:49:56 +0000 http://www.davehitt.com/blog2/?p=890#comment-4802 I <i>really</i> need my own personal proofreader. I really need my own personal proofreader.

]]> By: Erik http://www.davehitt.com/blog2/media-bias/comment-page-1/#comment-4799 Erik Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:50:48 +0000 http://www.davehitt.com/blog2/?p=890#comment-4799 childlessness - you mean childishness. Great article. childlessness – you mean childishness. Great article.

]]> By: COACHEP » Blog Archive » Posts about ACORN as of September 16, 2009 http://www.davehitt.com/blog2/media-bias/comment-page-1/#comment-4798 COACHEP » Blog Archive » Posts about ACORN as of September 16, 2009 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:42:34 +0000 http://www.davehitt.com/blog2/?p=890#comment-4798 [...] a worker offering to help bring underage girls into the U.S. for the purposes of prostitution. Media Bias - davehitt.com 09/17/2009 This week we’ve seen some fine examples of media bias in action.The [...] [...] a worker offering to help bring underage girls into the U.S. for the purposes of prostitution. Media Bias – davehitt.com 09/17/2009 This week we’ve seen some fine examples of media bias in action.The [...]

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