political bias in the media?

[98v6]

Well, i'm sure you guys already have your own opinions on this (lol, bias on the subject of bias) but i read an article the other day that gave me an idea: Maybe our media isn't biased after all. Think about it, most of the broadcasting companies are owned by ultra-rich conservatives, why would they stand for a liberal reporting bias from their station? What if the problem is more just polarization, like you see one standpoint but it isn't really selected by some liberal guy who hates conservatives or vice versa. What if it's more like an unintentional bias that occurs only because they want to fit as many ads in their hour long slot as they can?

[ellik]

nope... its biased. radio is more so than television, and newspapers are the worst. take all of it with a grain of salt. whats the saying? believe only half of what you see and none of that you hear.

[Skapimp]

American media is very bias... I don't have the numbers in front of me (I'll look them up if need be) but 5 companies own about 85% or so of the media.

When you have an oligopoly of the media, of course it'll be bias.

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this post has "political" in it's topic. It will be locked :rolleyes:

[Infernal]

Right you are.