What is political media bias? How does it affect you?
We're in an election year, which means that someone, undoubtedly, will throw around the term 'political media bias' as either an attack or a defense. But few know what it is...
Political media bias is where a media outlet's politics influences its reporting. For example, a liberal newspaper covering a conservative may have a more negative tone than would otherwise be used.
The keyword there, is "may".
As a general rule, it does affect the reporting, even if only by a little bit.
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Where can I see examples of media bias?
Every single media outlet, no matter how big or small, no matter whether they claim to be unbiased, liberal or conservative, has some sort of bias.
Conservative
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