Other Controversies. COMMENTARY | For over a week now the mainstream media has inundated the airwaves and print pages with unsubstantiated and anonymous claims of sexual harassment waged against GOP Presidential hopeful Herman Cain. These same media outlets have virtually ignored the indiscretions of Barack Obama, such as his involvement with domestic terrorist Bill Ayers, his ties to the greenhouse gas industry, or the accusation of one Larry Sinclair who claims to have performed oral sex on Obama in 1999 while the then Senator smoked crack cocaine and further asserts that Obama was involved in the murder of Donald Young, a gay choir director at the President's former church, Trinity United Church of Christ. Sinclair alleges that Young was Obama's gay lover and was subsequently murdered to cover up this affair.
Young's death was reported on Dec. 4, 2007. Of his own involvement with Sen. The employee, Tommy R. Barack Obamasexual harassment. Ron Paul CBS Debate Bias. DEBATEGATE: LEAKED CBS MEMO SHOWS BIAS AGAINST BACHMANN | iBC_FN | iBankCoin Financial News. Slightly Objective Journalism. Carly Fiorina spoke at the Republican National Convention in St.
Paul. WARREN, Ohio (CNN) – Carly Fiorina, the former Hewlett-Packard CEO turned John McCain Victory chair, said Tuesday that Sarah Palin isn’t qualified to run her old company. Appearing on a KTRS Radio show in St. Louis, Fiorina was asked by the host, “Do you think she has the experience to run a major company like Hewlett Packard?” “No, I don’t,” Fiorina answered. “But that’s not what she’s running for. "I would just remind you that it is Barack Obama who is running for president," she continued. Fiorina contended that while Palin may not be up the task of running a multi-billion dollar IT company, she does have more relevant governing experience than Obama. “I find it quite stunning actually that the Barack Obama campaign is questioning Sarah Palin's experience,” Fiorina said.
"But, on the other hand, a major corporation is not the same as being the president or the vice president of the United States. Not Fully Quoted. MSNBC VS. FOX NEWS. CNN Bias Against McCain. Proof of Media Bias Video. Journalists Accused of Unethical Reporting and Bias | The Life Resources Charitable Trust. The media are frequently accused of being 'liberal' and biased when reporting on morality issues. They put labels right-wing organisations because they believe them to be outside the mainstream, but they believe liberals to be the mainstream. TV journalism has become a showplace for reporters with attitudes who treat certain people and ideas with disdain. Media elites tend to mix with people who have similar views and they seldom really mix with anyone who believes differently. Reporters covering hot social issues already have their own 'take' on the issues, and that is how they will report them.
Author Steven Brill once said that "When it comes to arrogance, power and lack of accountability, journalists are the only people on the planet who make lawyers look good. " Much of the bias in 'mainstream' media comes from stories that are not covered, and the terminology used. This is seen as denying the humanity of the victim and, by association, of all disabled people. Proof of Media Bias. It should be evident to anyone with half a brain that the recent Republican presidential debates have been incredibly slanted in favor of certain candidates.
The candidates that the mainstream media favor are receiving far more talking time than the other candidates during the debates. It is hard to defend the legitimacy of our political system after watching what a farce the race for the Republican nomination has become. First, the major news networks dedicate thousands of hours of “programming” to telling us that candidates such as Mitt Romney and Rick Perry are “top tier” and that nobody else has a legitimate chance.
Then, once the poll numbers are skewed by that relentless coverage, they use those polls to justify giving the “favored candidates” more questions during the debates. The funny thing is that even if support for a favored candidate drops off dramatically (such as with Rick Perry), that candidate will still be given extra time during the debates. Rick Perry 7:45. Newspapers, media favoring Clyburn. Is it the job of the newspapers and other media to inform the people or not? In this the most crucial election in 100 years, the print and broadcast media are shamefully neglecting the congressional race in South Carolina's 6th District, which encompasses towns in 15 counties of our state. Your silence is nothing more than a closet endorsement of Democrat Jim Clyburn, who has brought upon us nearly 13 percent unemployment, a future of burdensome new taxes, the fearsome possibility of two more years of Nancy Pelosi leadership (with Clyburn at her side), and the confirmation of Obamacare, which promises to destroy Medicare protection for our nation's seniors.
Who has been helped by the work of this career politician after 18 years in Congress? The answer is "No one but Clyburn and his family and cronies! " Republican Jim Pratt. It's a shame when the journalists and editors can't be held accountable for "keeping the lid " on the truth to protect a politician who needs to be ousted. Media & Controversial Issues. The Myth of Objectivity in Journalism. By This page has been accessed since 29 May 1996. The oft-stated and highly desired goal of modern journalism is objectivity, the detached and unprejudiced gathering and dissemination of news and information. Such objectivity can allow people to arrive at decisions about the world and events occurring in it without the journalist's subjective views influencing the acceptance or rejection of information.
Few whose aim is a populace making decisions based on facts rather than prejudice or superstition would argue with such a goal. It's a pity that such a goal is impossible to achieve. Perhaps a good place to begin would be with a definition of terms. Let's begin with an examination of how people gather information about the world around them in order to arrive at what they consider an objective view of it. The brain has no actual, physical contact with the world. People, like all other sensate beings on Earth, gather their information through their senses. The answer is no. Questioning Journalistic Objectivity. Journalism, as we've known it, has been mourned deeply over the last few years. The Internet has changed everything. "Citizen journalism," a phrase that still inspires dirty looks at most journalism conferences, has blurred the lines between objectivity and subjectivity, paid and unpaid labor, news and opinion.
It gives veteran journalists agita to imagine totally untrained people messing around in their exclusive, albeit hardscrabble, club. With all this reshaping and shifting of our industry, all this talk about changing financial models and publishing structures, now is an opportune time to question one of the field's most defended values: objectivity. This issue has been particularly present for me as I'm on the final stages of writing a book -- a collection of profiles of ten people under 35 who are doing interesting social justice work.
And I told them that I would show them drafts and give them a chance to give me feedback and correct inaccuracies before the pieces become public.