Media Bias

After reading the article in the McChesney book on media bias, it brought a few things to light. One astounding thing in particular and that's the fact that the media isn't just a little biased, they are ridiculously biased. They are way too conservative. This shows in all of the newscasts, from local all the way to national news networks like CNN, FOX News and, MSNBC. Peter Hart who wrote the article works for FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting) which means I'm sure he's got first hand insight as to how news organizations tend to lean one way and not cover all areas or opinions of a story or report. When an organization of CNN or FOX's caliber is reporting biased information, whether it be on a racial level, an economic scale, whatever; it makes you wonder how trustworthy can these organizations really be? Ever since 9/11, news organizations have been on the conservative side of the fence. I find that kind of interesting because that makes it sound like the government is trying to twist and turn the stories that are put out there as they see fit. In closing I believe that the government should take a step back. There shouldn't be bias in news. If you want to report something, report it with an open mind. The public deserves to hear the truth, regardless of what the story is about.