Liberal Bias in the Media
Since the media has been around, there have always been accusations of biased opinions being published to the public. Particularly in today’s news, there seems to be a very heavy bias towards liberals and liberal ideas. While conservatives have been making this argument for years, the truth of the matter seems to become clearer each day. With today’s technology, the media is in more places than ever. In fact, it’s everywhere. The internet contains a plethora of media outlets constantly informing you of the world’s news. Even if you don’t want to see it. With these advances in technology, the ability for biased opinions to be projected across the media has become strong than ever, and the targeted audiences can now …show more content…
While the media is supposed to portray the two presidential candidates equally, the overwhelming support of Clinton has been very present. Several news outlets have published stories comparing the two candidates, showing only the positive qualities of Clinton and publicly bashing Trump. One example would be an article published by Buzzfeed News in September of 2016. The article titled, “This Is How Much Trump And Clinton Have Changed Over The Years” shows a list of side by side pictures from 1990 to present. In these pictures, you see the achievements and highlights of Clinton’s success and charitable works throughout her career. As for Trump, you see him gallivanting with the rich and famous, attending Hollywood events, and posing with beautiful women. The article clearly aimed itself at taking a hit to Trump’s image, as opposed to truly comparing the two candidates over time. In another biased move made by Buzzfeed News, they reportedly said they would not publish any ads related to his campaign, and even backed out of a million dollar deal with the RNC after Trump became their presidential nominee (Gold, Allen, Spence, “BuzzFeed pulls out of $1.3M advertising deal with RNC over Donald …show more content…
The fashion magazine sat down with each woman individually to ask them questions about their presidential candidate parents. However, while the interviewer was easy going and light-hearted with Clinton, she attacked Trump and her father’s campaign policies (FoxNews, “Cosmo interviewer savages Ivanka Trump, softballs Chelsea Clinton”) In Clinton’s interview, she was asked about living in the White House, how her mother could get more millennials to vote, and how she responded to a comment made by Donald Trump about how her father’s infidelity (Gupta, “Chelsea Clinton Discusses the First Debate, Her Mom 's Pneumonia, and More”) Trump on the other hand was immediately asked questions about her father’s child care policy and why he’d waited so long to release the information, why the policy does not include paternity leave for gay men, and about her father’s comments from a 2004 interview where he supposedly said that pregnancy was an “inconvenience” to business. Clearly there was a major difference in the way these two interviews were conducted. Clinton’s was meant to be easy and promotive of her mother’s campaign, whereas Trump’s clearly attacked herself and her father’s campaign and policies. At one point during the interview Trump was forced to go on the defensive when the interviewer tried to say that, regarding Trump’s child care
Since the media has been around, there have always been accusations of biased opinions being published to the public. Particularly in today’s news, there seems to be a very heavy bias towards liberals and liberal ideas. While conservatives have been making this argument for years, the truth of the matter seems to become clearer each day. With today’s technology, the media is in more places than ever. In fact, it’s everywhere. The internet contains a plethora of media outlets constantly informing you of the world’s news. Even if you don’t want to see it. With these advances in technology, the ability for biased opinions to be projected across the media has become strong than ever, and the targeted audiences can now …show more content…
While the media is supposed to portray the two presidential candidates equally, the overwhelming support of Clinton has been very present. Several news outlets have published stories comparing the two candidates, showing only the positive qualities of Clinton and publicly bashing Trump. One example would be an article published by Buzzfeed News in September of 2016. The article titled, “This Is How Much Trump And Clinton Have Changed Over The Years” shows a list of side by side pictures from 1990 to present. In these pictures, you see the achievements and highlights of Clinton’s success and charitable works throughout her career. As for Trump, you see him gallivanting with the rich and famous, attending Hollywood events, and posing with beautiful women. The article clearly aimed itself at taking a hit to Trump’s image, as opposed to truly comparing the two candidates over time. In another biased move made by Buzzfeed News, they reportedly said they would not publish any ads related to his campaign, and even backed out of a million dollar deal with the RNC after Trump became their presidential nominee (Gold, Allen, Spence, “BuzzFeed pulls out of $1.3M advertising deal with RNC over Donald …show more content…
The fashion magazine sat down with each woman individually to ask them questions about their presidential candidate parents. However, while the interviewer was easy going and light-hearted with Clinton, she attacked Trump and her father’s campaign policies (FoxNews, “Cosmo interviewer savages Ivanka Trump, softballs Chelsea Clinton”) In Clinton’s interview, she was asked about living in the White House, how her mother could get more millennials to vote, and how she responded to a comment made by Donald Trump about how her father’s infidelity (Gupta, “Chelsea Clinton Discusses the First Debate, Her Mom 's Pneumonia, and More”) Trump on the other hand was immediately asked questions about her father’s child care policy and why he’d waited so long to release the information, why the policy does not include paternity leave for gay men, and about her father’s comments from a 2004 interview where he supposedly said that pregnancy was an “inconvenience” to business. Clearly there was a major difference in the way these two interviews were conducted. Clinton’s was meant to be easy and promotive of her mother’s campaign, whereas Trump’s clearly attacked herself and her father’s campaign and policies. At one point during the interview Trump was forced to go on the defensive when the interviewer tried to say that, regarding Trump’s child care