Fake News Bias

Long before President Trump coined the term “Fake news,” it used to be known as propaganda that intentionally misleads its readers to gain attention. In essence, Fake news is unsupported data that is based on the media's biased outlook on certain issues. i.e. a health-based organization will search for the tiniest research that indicates that a certain food is unhealthy, when the majority of research actually points that this is untrue. But since there is a single published research paper on the issue, people assume it is true. When people create media with a bias, they can imbed their own bias into the issue, which then translates the bias to the audience rather than the issue at hand. Improving the quality of news and our trust in the media simply begins with the people. Being aware of …show more content…
Often times, the media focuses more on scandals and high-interest issues rather than political problems. Most of the corporate conglomerates focuses on media that produces high sensationalism and lack information simply to gain money and popularity. Throughout the years, the “amount of media merging has increased and the amount of media outlets have increased” (Lumen, Reading: Organization and Ownership of Media). Thus, there are fewer companies owning more media outlets which then increases the bias and the centering of ownership. Moreover, the media plays a crucial part in shaping one’s opinion as well as government and politics. First, the media “can sway people who are uncommitted or have no strong opinion” in regards to which party they should vote for (Lumen, Reading: The Media). Often, these individuals are the deciding factors of elections. Second, media can determine “the behavior of candidates and officials...in getting elected and in getting things done”(Lumen, Reading: The Media). For example, President