Media bias in the United States

discrimination that currently threatens multitude of Muslims Americans residing in the United States. Islamophobia was not always popular in the United States. According to journalist Ujifusa Andrew, Americans developed extreme fear in 2001 when multiple terrorist attacks were carried out on the United States by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda. When Andrew says “the term Islamophobia acquired popularity in the United State after September 11, 2001 when many innocent Americans lost their…

The Cons of Freedom of the Press The first amendment of the United States’ Constitution states that all people have the right to a free press. Within this right, all people have the right to upload and print out anything that they deem important so long as it remains within the boundaries of the Libel Law. The number one purpose of this right it to supply America and its citizens with information, however, in its number one purpose is where it falters. The Freedom of the Press hinders the truth…

X, 1925-1965). Mass media allows for the quick dissemination of news and ideas throughout a large audience. This media, however, is often influenced by political agendas and powerful figures. Whether through story placement, omission, under-reporting, or another form of deceit, media very easily becomes biased. Media bias has increased in recent years, causing public disbelief of the media, ill-informed voters, and distrust of the government. Some might argue that bias has always been, by…

compared with men. (3) As we all known, women have been being at weak position in politics. Therefore, it is very necessary to beat unconscious gender bias in politics. The Challenge of Unconscious Gender Bias Unconscious gender bias have integrated into our life for many years. Even The 2016 United States President Election associated with unconscious bias. As we all known, The Trump encountered the attack of a vast amount of negative news which has been made by his own radical words and rude…

Do people believe that the media can be bias and harmful? There are various answers for this question. The media can be very influencing to the world’s youth. It gives people an image of who they want to be. Some people don’t think that the media can be biased. However, the media can twist people’s perception of the news they’re giving them. The mass media is bias against people of a certain race, a certain body shape or size, and people with disabilities. The media can be biased against people…

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…

The media isn’t always right. I can be argued and discussed that the media just tries to get “their” story out there before anybody else. It doesn’t matter if they have the right story or not it's just about who can get it out to the public first. On the issue of “Blue Lives Matter” the media will mostly make it out to seem that the cops are always the bad guys and the troubled citizens we should feel sorry for. It is a race. A race for the media to get their side of the story out first. We as…

their television right now, and switched to a news station, would they trust the information that is given? Would one second guess the news reporter? News stations are under fire a lot for being biased. One will often hear the President of the United States, Donald Trump, make claims about how there is “fake news”. But is there some truth to that, or is it all “fake news”? It’s almost ironic. Either normal news has “fake news”, or the people that are saying there is “fake news” are fake. As the…

in another. Interestingly, notable factors such as mass media have worked hard to construct perfect universal representations of beauty, whether it’s seen through makeup commercials or Hollywood. These sociocultural measures of especially feminine beauty, expressed through mainstream media, have portrayed to audiences across the world, including those in the United States, what is considered to be the best face, weight, shape, etc. Mass media itself is incredibly influential in our society as a…

which is written by Robert Staples, mentions that the court officials in Philadelphia gave permission for the police stopping any Negro who wander and walk on the street in 1963. (31) This discriminatory practice still exists until now in the United States. Racial profiling is a longstanding problem in our country. This discriminatory practice usually occurs on African-American by the police officers…