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Its is not just "some bias". Its every single day accessing to WaPo or NYT and have two dozens articles and news about Trump with negative connotation. As a non

Its is not just "some bias". Its every single day accessing to WaPo or NYT and have two dozens articles and news about Trump with negative connotation. As a non American, I just got tired of this. I dont feel the need to access to the mainstream portals anymore. It just began to be boring. There is an ongoing coup in Venezuela, with illegal arrests but somehow the very same Russian - Trump news remains more important.

dragonwriter 10y ago
> Its is not just "some bias". Its every single day accessing to WaPo or NYT and have two dozens articles and news about Trump with negative connotation. The existence of news articles that convey a negative impression of a person or organization, regardless of quantity, does not, in and of itself, indicate any bias, either in selection or presentation. > There is an ongoing coup in Venezuela, with illegal arrests but somehow the very same Russian - Trump news remains more important. The Washington Post and New York Times are US newspapers. The President of the US, and his close associates, involvement with Russian government is more important news for them than the auto-coup in Venezuela for the same reason that that auto-coup is more important in Venezuela than the Russia-Trump issue.
- frankc 10y ago
  You're right that the existence and quantity of news does not necessarily indicate bias, however, bias is found not just in news that is reported but also in what news is reported versus what news is not reported. I personally find this to be where most of the egregious media bias is. For instance, if the media chooses to not cover left-wing initiated violence at a protest, but heavily cover right-wing initiated violence at a protest, that is still bias, even if the reporting about the right-wing violence is accurate. It's a much more insidious bias too because its harder to point out. You will have to use non-mainstream sources as they are the only ones doing the covering, and the fact that they are not mainstream will be used to hand waive away the complaints.

dragonwriter 10y ago

> Its is not just "some bias". Its every single day accessing to WaPo or NYT and have two dozens articles and news about Trump with negative connotation. The existence of news articles that convey a negative impression of a person or organization, regardless of quantity, does not, in and of itself, indicate any bias, either in selection or presentation. > There is an ongoing coup in Venezuela, with illegal arrests but somehow the very same Russian - Trump news remains more important. The Washington Post and New York Times are US newspapers. The President of the US, and his close associates, involvement with Russian government is more important news for them than the auto-coup in Venezuela for the same reason that that auto-coup is more important in Venezuela than the Russia-Trump issue.

frankc 10y ago
You're right that the existence and quantity of news does not necessarily indicate bias, however, bias is found not just in news that is reported but also in what news is reported versus what news is not reported. I personally find this to be where most of the egregious media bias is. For instance, if the media chooses to not cover left-wing initiated violence at a protest, but heavily cover right-wing initiated violence at a protest, that is still bias, even if the reporting about the right-wing violence is accurate. It's a much more insidious bias too because its harder to point out. You will have to use non-mainstream sources as they are the only ones doing the covering, and the fact that they are not mainstream will be used to hand waive away the complaints.