Media Bias
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One of the most alarming trends of recent years has been the escalation of media bias in reporting the news. Traditionally, the news media has been pledged to uphold ôtruth in reporting,ö but over time the mediaÆs concept of ôtruthö has degenerated to the point of meaninglessness. Instead of clearly differentiating media opinion from straight facts, the media has intermingled them to produce a hazy blend that is neither truth nor fact. Princess DianaÆs eulogy provided an excellent example of this deliberate bias. Although her brother included a scorching reference to the mediaÆs implication in her death, which was almost certainly the result of hounding by the paparazzi, virtually all media omitted this reference when they reproduced the text of the eulogy (Citron). As one author aptly put it, ôOne of the most annoying ways in which the media manipulates the news to serve their own goals is when it uses its unique powe
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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page)
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