Media Bias

In our society today, it is almost impossible to not know what is going on around the country, as well as around the world, without getting information from some form of media. There’s no doubting the fact that the media is the main source of information about what’s going on in the world, but how this information is presented, and then observed, by the people is where doubts may, and should, come to pass. The media tends to present information with certain biases that are clearer than the actual information being presented. The media have these biases because the media want the audience that they are directed toward to think a certain way. The word media is the Greek route for middle, which is exactly what the media is: the middle. But it is a middle that is controlled and influenced by many outside factors such as biases, ownership, government, corporate sponsors, ratings and money.
From articles in the newspaper to what is seen on the big screen, heads are being filled wit...