Media Bias Per 6 by Sean Robinson https://padlet.com/seanshistory/l7lraax1br09 Post an example of media bias that you discovered when researching your homework. Please provide a detailed explanation. Let's say... 65 words or more? Pics and video are awesome. Write your name. en-us 2017-10-31 22:17:27 UTC 2023-02-22 13:44:54 UTC hello@padlet.com THIS IS AN EXAMPLE seanshistory https://padlet.com/seanshistory/l7lraax1br09/wish/202340852 So James Comey is at it again with his antics, and these two media sources (Fox News vs. NBC News) have two very different (inevitably biased) things to say about it. A few days ago, Mr. Comey attempted to undo the political damage he'd caused, by clearing Hillary of wrongdoing and assuring the public that nothing bad was found in the 650,000 emails they reviewed. In her interview with Fox News, Judy Miller asserts her disapproval towards Comey's actions as the head of the FBI. In her opinion, the fact that Mr. Comey was worried about leaks from his own department (a department literally meant to investigate wrongdoing), therefore implies that he must be a not-so-great leader. According to her, his course of action says something very negative about his leadership and the extent to which his own agents trust him. She says, "Mr. Comey has done such damage [...] to his own reputation, to the reputation of the bureau, and [...] the country." ON THE OTHER HAND, NBC News seems to think that Comey handled the emails with the utmost efficiency, and they even went so far as to discredit the recently rampaging opinions that a week is not enough time to review 650,000 emails. NBC explains that, with today's technology, key words and other coding techniques can filter through that many emails in a matter of minutes. There you have it: two very polarized point of views on a highly significant issue, especially with such proximity to the election. So, should James Comey resign, or did he take the necessary steps to resolve the problem? Interesting...]]> 2017-10-31 22:22:10 UTC https://padlet.com/seanshistory/l7lraax1br09/wish/202340852 Derek Mejia ginamejia123 https://padlet.com/seanshistory/l7lraax1br09/wish/202749015 I noticed some biased on the topic of Trump when the African American Sargent died from Isis memebers and Trump said that he knew what he signed up for. Which many can see as disrespectful for Trump to say but it’s weird because CNN and Fox News cover that topic quite different as CNN is more towards the fact that Trump said it and it’s extremely disrespectful, it’s not something a president should do at all but then Fox News kind of defends that topic because of the lack of evidence there is. Claiming that the Congress lady, who has known the family for a long time, is brining up lies or she just took it the wrong way, that Trump meant to say it another way but she just didn’t get the right message. Then they even start to attack her in the sense that she brought up something so contiversial in a serious moment. ]]> 2017-11-02 00:49:20 UTC https://padlet.com/seanshistory/l7lraax1br09/wish/202749015 Kelsey Lara https://padlet.com/seanshistory/l7lraax1br09/wish/202774508 The articles I am going to be comparing is a report on a study made by the American Psychological Association describing the stress levels of the average American. Essentially, the study found that Americans are stressing more about the state of the country, politics, and healthcare, among many more, at higher levels than in years prior. In the article, “Americans Are Officially Freaking” by Bloomberg emphasizes that politics is a big stress on Americans. The article goes on to use graphs as visuals for data and outlines a demographic graph while noting that Hispanics are the most stressed when it comes to these daily stressors. On the other hand, the Huffington Post’s article on the same study, “American Are More Stressed About the Country Than Money or Work,” clearly summarizes the study with facts but then goes on to give advice on how to de-stress oneself. The article overall gives three points of advice for the audience to take on. This makes it seem clear that the Huffington Post article is lenient on the facts while also being more caring of its audience as peers. Compared to the Bloomberg Post which has a clear goal of the stating the facts and supporting it with details.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-01/americans-are-officially-freaking-out
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/stress-in-america-future-of-country_us_59f89e0ee4b0d1cf6e90a9cd

]]> 2017-11-02 04:13:59 UTC https://padlet.com/seanshistory/l7lraax1br09/wish/202774508 Sophie Pierce sophiepierce23 https://padlet.com/seanshistory/l7lraax1br09/wish/202779565 The biases of Fox news is Republican due to the fact of the article posted on their website dealing with Michelle Obamas male issues in big bold letters and first article making democrats look bad and making the article writing look like someone who does not want to write it because its long and dragged out, while if you scroll down to the bottom there is a small article that says Trump has been awarded the world record for politicizing attack which is quick and short and only a few lines long. Now on CNN, they are more liberal due to the fact that the first article is of Trump lashing out about the terrorist attack in new york making republicans look bad along with a long reading behind it. This would make since because they're always covering things that make trump look bad which makes the democratic party look better, and vice versa with Fox news. ]]> 2017-11-02 05:14:53 UTC https://padlet.com/seanshistory/l7lraax1br09/wish/202779565 Samara Brown https://padlet.com/seanshistory/l7lraax1br09/wish/202780129 MSNBC claims that Trump isn't a hypocrite. Chris Hayes explains that when the terrorist attack in Las Vegas occurred a couple of weeks ago, Trump said that "politicizing" the event and pushing for gun control is he wrong thing to do. After the New York attack, however, Trump instantly turns it political, blaming the American immigration policy and Schumer for what had happened. MSNBC insinuates that Trump's response to the New York incidents is different because the murderer was not white. This shows their bias against Trump and belief that he is a racist man.]]> 2017-11-02 05:21:46 UTC https://padlet.com/seanshistory/l7lraax1br09/wish/202780129 Katelinh Vu kaytay_derp https://padlet.com/seanshistory/l7lraax1br09/wish/202780397 The most effective form that forms media bias that many new sources use are specific selection of words that alter the perspective of an event for the audience. An example of this is through the comparison of Fox New's and MSNBC's approaches to the recent New York terrorist attack. Both acknowledged the attack to be a terrorist attack; however, they focused on entirely different topics. MSNBC, known for being more liberal, concentrated their facts toward comparing Trump's reaction to this attack and the Vegas attack. They questioned how he was quick to call this attack a terrorist attack but was not as eager a month prior in Vegas. MSNBC focused more on the aspect of Trump, whereas on Fox News, they focused on the fact that the terrorist came to America through the 'Diverse Visa Program'. Fox News's approach focused more on the immigration and indirectly encourages their intended audience to be anti-immigration. With this change in direction, those that read the headline on Fox News would be more angry with immigrants in general because of the selective content that the news site published.

FOX: http://www.foxnews.com/us.html

MSNBC: http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/how-trump-reacts-when-non-white-people-commit-violence-1086646339555]]> 2017-11-02 05:24:37 UTC https://padlet.com/seanshistory/l7lraax1br09/wish/202780397 Kylie Cabuguason https://padlet.com/seanshistory/l7lraax1br09/wish/202781019 During Obama Foundation's inaugural summit,  the conversation between Michelle Obama and Elizabeth Alexander was filled with empowering words about women voicing their opinions, especially when social media is a highly used outlet. Depending on what news outlet users will read about the highlights of their interview, CNN and Fox News has chosen a specific part where it either sends positive or poor lighting on Michelle Obama. CNN features where the former First Lady advises to "...don't just say what's on your mind. You don't tweet every thought. Most of your first initial thoughts are not worthy of the light of day." (hint hint) . CNN's article showcases Michelle discussing about raising children, specifically girls to practice their voice at a young age to develop their ability to speak out in the future. On the other hand, Fox News focuses on Michelle Obama's opinion of men being "entitled" or "self-righteous" because they are protected by women while women are raised to be "strong" to defend themselves. Fox News used this as their focal point to show Michelle Obama criticizing men and even women who raised their children to act this specific way while CNN features a message to empower parents to raise their children to be open in voicing their perspectives and experiences.

CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/01/politics/michelle-obama-chicago-twitter-men/index.html
FOX NEWS: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/11/01/michelle-obama-says-men-are-entitled-self-righteous-because-women-protect-them-too-much.html]]> 2017-11-02 05:32:15 UTC https://padlet.com/seanshistory/l7lraax1br09/wish/202781019 Avery Ramirez averyramirez626 https://padlet.com/seanshistory/l7lraax1br09/wish/202782371 The difference between MSNBC and FOX news are striking. First with MSNBC we see the first 7 news stories posted on their website are all related to the Trump-Russia scandal, with the exception of "Trump's Response to NYC Terror Attack". All of these news stories push to shine a negative light on Trump and inform the media on the incredibly important Trump-Russia story. On the other hand, FOX news neglects to report any such scandal on Trump and instead headlines former first lady Michelle Obama for her talk of how "women give men too much 'protection'". Their next top headlines are the NYC terror attack (not mentioning Trump's responses) and the awful university roommate scandal happening. It is not until the 8th story that we see any criticism of Trump which when we do finally see it, the story is under "entertainment". The criticisms are made by a CNN reporter on Trump politicising the terror attack. FOX talks little about Trump and Russia and any story they have covering Russia fails to tie in Trump in any way. ]]> 2017-11-02 05:50:45 UTC https://padlet.com/seanshistory/l7lraax1br09/wish/202782371 Johnny Ayala infernoxlynx https://padlet.com/seanshistory/l7lraax1br09/wish/202782457 Fox News Discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEuh5wUvlag
CNN Report:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbKJ2zCYXDQ
On the report on the Las Vegas Shooting that occurred recently. Fox News had been more concerned about the legality of the event and who would be getting sued. This is quite different from CNN report that describes the shooting in detail, such as the fact that the shooter was on a certain floor, and how many guns he had. On a different video, Fox News even continued talking about the event and attempted to politicize the shooting because "being secular means you're more likely to be violent." 
The contrast is great because Fox News had always been known as a republican/conservative news source, and this is shown clearly by the constant discussion about who will take responsibility and pay a price. ]]> 2017-11-02 05:52:01 UTC https://padlet.com/seanshistory/l7lraax1br09/wish/202782457 Justice Donato jdonato1999 https://padlet.com/seanshistory/l7lraax1br09/wish/202783286 When looking at the terrorist attack in New York, I looked at articles from MSNBC and Fox News. MSNBC, knowns for their strong liberal views, focused less on the attack itself, and more on what Trump said in response to it. Their focus was on what Trump said about the immigration policy and his comments to Chuck Schumer. On Fox News, a strongly conservative news network, they talked about Trump wanting to send the terrorist to Guantanamo Bay, an extremely harsh prison. If course, they didn't cover Trump's other comments, only that he believed terrorists should be sent to one of the worst prisons in the world, an opinion most would agree on]]> 2017-11-02 06:02:22 UTC https://padlet.com/seanshistory/l7lraax1br09/wish/202783286 Jazmine Acevedo https://padlet.com/seanshistory/l7lraax1br09/wish/202785134 Walmart Colorado shooting 
CNN vs Fox News
Looking at CNN’s page there was instantly a video clip to sum up what had happen today in Colorado. In the video the it was simple and told what just had occurred recently; a man in a black suit. The reporter interviewed a young male and asked him “if the gun sounded automatic” once I heard this I instantly thought of the shooting in Las Vegas. The male replied saying “no...it was spread out” and they interviewed this mother whose 15 year old son was in Walmart. After watching the short film I looked at the article down below I first saw “said on Twitter” to me already I feel like this isn’t reliable and not well updated.http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/01/us/colorado-walmart-shooting/index.html  On Fox News they were live online I was able to watch way more than just 2 mins. They kept on asking for the photo image and they had also brought in a expert Chris Love* (which gave ethos) and he talked about what to do when you are involved in something like this. They got updated that the shooter was a old caucasian male with a black jacket who had a run away. The report asked “do you think the shooter will hit again?” After seeing the shooter one of the reporter said “Big question, what is the motive?” And to me I feel like I can trust this one more because they gave ethos, pathos and a lot more information then CNN. http://kdvr.com/2017/11/01/multiple-parties-down-in-shooting-at-thornton-walmart-police-say/
]]> 2017-11-02 06:22:10 UTC https://padlet.com/seanshistory/l7lraax1br09/wish/202785134 Delanie McKeon https://padlet.com/seanshistory/l7lraax1br09/wish/202787646 The difference in the news reporting between MSNBC and Fox News is extremely evident. The prime focus of MSNBC is President Trump’s every action and word spoken on the varying controversies plaguing the county at the moment. They continually question his motives for everything and present headlines that entice readers to click in order to learn more about the “Turmoil in the White House.” In comparison, it seems as though Fox News attempts to avoid anything that could depict President Trump in a negative light. Their latest story looks to criticize the former First Lady, Michelle Obama on the “Male Problem”. They’re focused on current crimes rather than any political scandals that are controversial. After examining both news sources, it’s obvious that MSNBC looks to appeals to liberals, while Fox News caters to conservatives. It’s rather frustrating that our news is biased and that the source looks to present stories in a way that suits their agenda rather than just telling it like it is.]]> 2017-11-02 06:45:12 UTC https://padlet.com/seanshistory/l7lraax1br09/wish/202787646 Jillian Martinez https://padlet.com/seanshistory/l7lraax1br09/wish/202788684 I compared Fox news and CNN, I noticed that Fox had more attention grabbing headlines while CNN kept their titles more straight forward and less opinionated. The first story on the Fox website is titled "Michelle's Male Problem", and right below the title the opinions are given about the former First Lady's speech calling her condescending and disgraceful. I found it surprising that they publish their opinions right with the title of the article, already influencing the reader's perspective on the piece before they even get a chance to read the article. CNN's first "hot topic" was titled "Keeping Trump Focused", definitely less misleading and selective. The story focuses on just the facts and aims to remain as level headed as possible. However, I did find it interesting that both news outlets focused on leading figures of the opposite party they tend to support (Fox- conservative, but headlining Michelle Obama and CNN- liberal, headlining Donald Trump). Of course I think both/all media outlets are biased, it's just whether or not they do a good job of concealing it. ]]> 2017-11-02 06:55:27 UTC https://padlet.com/seanshistory/l7lraax1br09/wish/202788684 Kenneth Javier https://padlet.com/seanshistory/l7lraax1br09/wish/203850156 On the front cover of MSNBC and FOX's website, they talk about the Texas church shooting. I remember conservatives believing more in the idea that the death penalty is justified and the article in front of the Fox website was about how the man who killef the shooter is depicted as a hero. In bold letters, FOX news included his quote explaining why it was obvious to shoot the shooter down. 
On the other hand, MSNBC reported more on the amount of people who died. They also report more on the perspectives of those related to the victims, and show how sad they are. Compared to FOX, it doesn't show the sadness of the families as much as MSNBC.

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