FREE ESSAY ON LIBERAL BIAS IN MEDIA

LIBERAL BIAS IN MEDIA

Liberal Media
Plain and simple, Media is bias. In anyway that you would like to put it, this statement
is a fact. 
The country always seems to have something to say about media depending on the current
events 
happening at the time. If it's a republican, the media is too left-winged, and if it's a
democrat, then the 
media just seems to head right a little too much. 
Bias media has plagued the United States ever since Watergate though, Of course it
existed 
before that, but Watergate totally portrayed the scandal as an in-depth conspiracy of the
entire 
republican party, not just Nixon. Although, much of the republican party was to blame,
the majority of 
the media decided to conveniently add that the whole party was too blame. I think this
was the turning 
point of when media turned left. Of course, I have to add that I am a republican, but
most of my views 
are without bias, and basically coming from left-winged articles.
As possibly the best recent example of Bias media, would have to be the current election

between Vice President Al Gore, and Governor George Bush. Now, no matter what anyone
says, Al gore 
will have a advantage throughout this entire election. Wonder why? How about the face
that there is 
currently a democratic leader in charge of our country, and not to mention, a democratic
congress. If 
one wanted to look over the Internet, and find headlines on the election, this is what
they would find:
Lieberman Says Bush Not Ready for White House
Updated 8:50 PM ET October 29, 2000
By Carol Giacomo 
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic vice presidential candidate Joseph Lieberman charged on
Sunday that Republican George W. Bush is unprepared to be president, as the tight and
increasingly personal race for the White House headed into its final week. The
Reuters/MSNBC daily tracking poll released on Sunday evening showed Bush has slightly
widened his lead over Democrat Al Gore to three points, but separate surveys of nine key
battleground states showed the race could still go either way. Calling the presidency the
world's most important and complicated government job, Lieberman said that based on
Governor Bush's experience, his record in Texas, which is not good on the environment,
health care, education and based on his plans for the country which I'm confident would
take us into debt and cripple our economy again, I don't think George Bush is ready to be
president of the United States. For months, Democrats have questioned if the 54-year-old
son of former President George Bush has the ability and experience needed to be
president. On Sunday, with nine days to go before Election Day, Lieberman flatly and
publicly made that assertion. In response, Bush senior adviser Ari Fleischer denounced
Democratic presidential nominee Al Gore for one of the most negative finishes in
presidential politics. He has authorized his surrogates to take this campaign to new
lows, Fleischer told reporters when asked about Lieberman's comments, adding: I think
you're seeing in the final week, a very negative, divisive and bitter campaign ... in
this campaign, only one candidate is engaging in it and that candidate is Al Gore. But
Republicans have also sharpened their attacks in the 2000 campaign's final days,
including a recent speech in which Bush issued a stinging indictment of Gore that linked
the vice president to the Clinton administration's failed leadership and vowed to honor
the controlling authority of conscience if he wins the election.
So, lets start with the headline. Instead of giving perhaps poll readings, or accurate
facts, this 
web page has decided to put an editorial in head of everything else. The article goes on
to say that 
Bush has slightly widened his lead over Democratic Al Gore to three points, but separate
surveys of 
nine key battleground states showed the race could still go either way. Now, without
looking at the 
message on this statement, any given person could still see that although Bush is ahead,
Gore still 
had that chance, that this liberal media need not let us forget about! As if that wasnt
enough, after 
Lieberman says his comment about Governor Bush's experience, and the quote is over, the
article 
practically picks apart Bush by acknowledging the fact that democrats dont think Bush is
ready. Well, 
of course they dont, he is an opposing candidate, but is it necessary to state
this?People know this, 
we're not stupid. Well, I will give this article one good mark, and it is that they try
to cover up there 
bias in the least at the end of the article when stating that Gore's campaign has had
some negative 
comments, and the mudslinging on The Vice-Presidents part is basically more than
expected. Oh
wait, we're not done, you didnt think this reporter would end the article with a
conservative candidate 
on top, did you? The article goes on to say that the Governor's party has made it's share
of comments 
to, with a gratuitous quote included on none other than, Clinton's administration.
Movies are another big media bias. Believe it or not, but the last three movies 
about presidents or Washington is general have actually all been Liberal Democratic 
movies. In The American President, Micheal Douglas is a die-hard liberal who makes 
it more than obvious that his governmental programs come well ahead of military 
logistics. The same goes for such movies as Air Force One, Murder and 1600, and 
even the children's movie by Disney, The First Daughter. In this movie, the President 
starts out with a press conference with a Vote Democrat pin on the breast of his 
jacket. Wow, that right there says it all.
When looking on the Internet, I came across an editorial sent to The American 
Prospect, a highly circulated site online as well as read on Capitol Hill. The first
thing 
on the site was this editorial entitled Washington Memo. I copied the parts that I 
thought were most bias.
1.Dear Washington Memo, 
I read last week's Washington Memo and watched for the possible Gore surge that you said
might be coming after the debate
Well, reading this, the average neutral American can even tell that The Washington 
Memo is predicting a Gore surge and obviously expect him to win.
After reading through, the author of this article, Mr. X, goes ahead and say that he 
realizes that Gore will lose, and he must accept it.
2.When CNN put my man down 10 points I couldn't take any more. It was time to deal. Cut
my losses. Reduce my emotional exposure. All the rest of it. I still had two more weeks
before the fatal day. With any luck, I figured, by the time Gore actually lost I might be
through at least two or three stages of the grieving process (denial, anger, etc.). So I
got down to business. No more looking at the Polling Report, at least not 50 times a day.
Close it off; it's not my worry anymore. And anyway, how bad could a Bush presidency be?
The Dems would have solid numbers in the House and the Senate. He wouldn't be able to do
anything that bad. 
This is as liberal Bias as it gets. Yes, although it is an editorial, this magazine and 
website just HAD to put this letter in from didn't they, which just goes to prove my 
point of how a liberal bias will always linger over Capitol Hill, as well as American 
Politics. how bad could a Bush Presidency be? The Dems would have solid numbers in 
the house and the senate. He wouldn't be able to do anything that bad. Of course, it 
is an editorial, but my God, need this be on the front page? I mean, how bad could it 
be? Come on!!!! 
Major newspapers have often said they stay away from any type of bias these 
days, with all of America taking part is politics more than ever. This is simply not
true. 
In 1996, the BuffaloTimes printed four editorial cartoons which all happened to be of a 
liberal humor. 
Just look at this illustration. It is so completely obvious that there is a liberal 
opinion affiliated in printing this. Why would a newspaper with a circulation of 
hundreds of thousands print such a picture, during the campaigning period? Most 
people could figure that one out for themselves.
Bias in Media. It will always be present from wherever you stand politically. 
However, most people would agree that there is a strong liberal presence in our 
multimedia today. Although that it is unlikely that papers, movies, and cartoons will 
move to change a voting ballot, a murky cloud of opinion, self-thought, and narrow-
mindedness will always loom over the average citizen, who just happens to be a voter.
Josh Engle