Article by Chris Hartpence

What source do you choose to find political news? Are you sure you are studying or viewing an unbiased version of events? Recent polls suggest that almost all journalists are usually liberal and therefore are more likely to vote Democrats than Republicans. Depending on the individual or the network they work for, their private opinions can sometimes affect the standard of the news they broadcast.

It is a journalist’s duty to provide the news to the public but it ought to be provided without being affected by their private opinion. They are obliged to tell the reality and remain independent from the event being covered. This is good theoretically but in practice how often are the news people or the publications or networks they represent impartial?

Many people assume that political news is always biased based on the source of the data. For instance certain individuals will only believe whatever they hear on Fox news and not CNN, whilst others prefer CNN. Many people assume that Fox leans to the right whilst others maintain it just provides the news in a style to suit their listeners. Right at the end of the day, it is a matter of education. Make an attempt to obtain information from several different sources to be able to form your own educated views on current events. Political news will often be debatable. Good news never sold newspapers or improved rankings!

But the people confirming political news should let the information prove the point. They shouldn’t be tempted to generate the reality particularly if the reason behind doing this is to improve ratings. But this is a theoretical argument. In a society where the news stations with better rankings are more successful and so earn more money, it’s possibly unrealistic to expect them to remain completely impartial to events happening in political world.