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journalism

Is Media Biased or Unbiased ? OR Tapping the Media

Year 1998 stuns our nation and naturally the whole world with the sensational news of the year : Clinton 's affair with Monica Lewinsky . But there is another story linked to it . It 's about Newsweek 's Michael Isikoff who happens to be the first reporter to get hold of information on Clinton 's affair with Monica , but to his utter disappointment , even though he has evidence to his claim , his editors refuse to print his story . Somehow Matt Drudge , Internet political gossip columnist , gets

br hold of it and offers a package of two scoops the Lewinsky affair and Newsweek cover up (Grimes , Online Edition ) Now the question arises why Newsweek editors refuse to expose the scandalous story of the year ? Is it fear of President 's power or is there some kind of alliance with him Is in a democratic nation like America Media is so biased ? I will try to espouse the following question in context to the various media reports that has been appearing since last seven to eight years and how the biased reporting is being openly covered by various media outlets

Eric Alterman , a cultural critic and an author of `What Liberal Media gives the answer to this question ? The current historical moment in American Journalism is hardly a happy one . Journalists trying to do honest work are finding themselves under siege from several sides simultaneously . Corporate conglomerates increasingly view journalism as software , valuable only insofar as it contributes to the bottom line . In the mad pursuit for audience and advertisers , the quality of the news itself becomes degraded , leading journalists to alternating fits of self-loathing and self-pity . Meanwhile , they face an administration with a commitment to secrecy unmatched in modern U .S history . And to top it all , conservative organizations and media outlets lie in wait , eager to pounce on any journalist who tries to give voice to almost any uncomfortable truth about influential American institutions (in other words , to behave as an honest reporter ) throwing out the old but effective accusation of liberal bias ' in to protect powerful from scrutiny (Alterman , Online Edition : 4

It is absolutely true if we delve into the current scenario journalists are finding themselves under pressure from political leaders , police officials and dignitaries forcing them to churn out the news items according to their needs and aspirations . And it is so surprising to hear that even media outlets are themselves using journalists as objects of their own desires , giving the truth but molding it into the fashion of the influential American institutions

Yet , another story that is making us ponder into the depth of bias reporting in media is the continuous statements of President Bush after September 11 , 2001 attacks on World Trade Center . In his fifty minutes speech in a press conference in March 2003 , he mentions fourteen times of the connection of alQaeda and Iraq with the attacks of Sept . 11 2003 . Still no body questions him...

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