The most obvious kind of bias in media is one-sided bias: outlets like Fox News and Newsmax skewing facts or just blatantly lying to viewers to serve a political interest. But there is also a bias in reputable sources to treat opposing sides as having equal value—true or not.
https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/1464802895442989058
This doesn’t necessarily come from a nefarious place. Media sources whose brand isn’t positioned as right-wing mouthpieces benefit from being perceived as “fair.” But when they seek that perception by ignoring or misrepresenting facts, that’s a problem too.
Right now, one party has all but abandoned the principles of democracy, and seeks through all it says or does to achieve power, in a zero-sum battle not just with Democrats, but with citizens of this country. It has condoned and openly supported violence and insurrection.
The GOP as a party is not “negotiating in good faith” or in fact doing anything, legislative or otherwise, to benefit the country. They instead cry “freedom”—but in the most disingenuous, Orwellian ways. Pretending these are honest disagreements isn’t “fair”; it is enabling lies.
https://twitter.com/jeffroushpoetry/status/1462960193109647363
Freedom of the press exists not to allow mass indoctrination or obfuscation; it exists to allow journalists to report honestly, to speak truth to power. If your organization seeks profit by propping power up or letting power lie without challenge, you are part of the problem.
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