January 14, 2008

Media Bias?

Let's say I'm an A.P. writer over in Baghdad. I come across a town where violence has gone down and become "relatively" stable over the last six months. But, I don't want to write about it, because I don't want to encourage what I believe is a terrible situation due to everything else that I see poorly going around the country. So, I write about a car-bomb instead. The car bomb actually happened. I am reporting the truth. It will sell more papers. Is this bias? I am a reporter working for Obama's campaign asked to follow Hilary around. I witness her having heart-to-heart talks with a lot of the local people in the town. But I don't want to write about that, since I am confident that Obama would be a better President. So, instead I write about how Hilary tripped down the stairs. The tripping actually happened. I am reporting the truth. It will sell more papers. Is this bias?
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