Liberal Media Bias

<p><strong>Media bias in the United States</strong> occurs when <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_media" title="US media">US media</a> outlets skew information, such as reporting news in a way that conflicts with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journalism_ethics_and_standards" title="Journalism ethics and standards">standards of professional journalism</a> or promoting a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_agenda" title="Political agenda">political agenda</a> through entertainment media. There is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_liberalism_in_the_United_States" title="Modern liberalism in the United States">liberal</a> bias and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservatism_in_the_United_States" title="Conservatism in the United States">conservative</a> bias. Claims of outlets, writers, and stories exhibiting both have increased as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-party_system" title="Two-party system">two-party system</a> has become more <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_polarization" title="Political polarization">polarized</a>. There is also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_bias_in_the_United_States#Corporate_power">bias in reporting to favor the corporate owners</a>, and mainstream bias, a tendency of the media to focus on certain "hot" stories and ignore news of more substance. A variety of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_bias_in_the_United_States#bias_watchdogs">watchdog groups</a> attempt to combat bias by fact-checking biased reporting and unfounded claims of bias. Researchers in a variety of scholarly disciplines study media bias.</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/david-ostrowski/message