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Media Bias, 2006 Elections

Submitted by pompom on March 14, 2007

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Research Project
Was There A Media Biased In The 2006 Elections

Have you ever wondered if the news you are told is really the whole story? Have you ever noticed discrepancies between the same stories on two different news organizations? Have you wondered could all those stories of media bias be true? You may even be asking what this has to do with my point; it's very simple, to prove whether or not there was a media bias in the 2006 elections I must first prove if there is a media bias at all.

Which Major News Sources Are The Most Widely Influential

Out of all the major news sources it is obvious that the televised news sources have the largest medium, and of the televised news programs Fox News, CNN, NBC (MSNBC, CNBC) and ABC held the highest rating1.

Who Might The Media Be Biased For

If the mass media is bias, then they must be bias for a certain point of view or political party. Since the United States is in a two party favored system the major news organizations would be more willing to risk losing their audience to gain ratings from supporters of one of the two major parties. Or it could be that the reporter is using their position to influence the audience towards their personal political belief.
"Host Hugh Hewitt: ‘And so everyone that you work with, or 95 percent of people you work with, are old liberals.'
ABC News Political Director Mark Halperin: ‘I don't know if it's 95 percent, and unfortunately, they're not all old. There are a lot of young liberals here, too. But it certainly, there are enough in the old media, not just in ABC, but in old media generally, that it tilts the coverage quite frequently, in many issues, in a liberal direction, which is completely improper....It's an endemic problem. And again, it's the reason why for 40 years, conservatives have rightly felt that we did not give them a fair shake.'
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