' The Fox Effect: How Roger Ailes Turned A Networ Bias?

“I don’t know if you are practicing an old form of parody or a new form of journalism” (McKain). These days all forms of news are biased, ranging from newspapers to online websites to the Nightly News with Lester Holt. Even before the highly sensitive political climate created by the 2016 elections, bias had a stronghold on the media. Therefore as tensions grew between political foes, a light was shone on the clear bias in our lives. Bias is prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair. Bias is inherent to all news media; the question is how much bias is acceptable.

News outlets, both conservative and liberal, wield the power of gatekeeping, which lets them control what news will become news. As written in the article “The Fox Effect: How Roger Ailes Turned a
Terrorism has been spreading pain and suffering world since the 1980’s and how the media handles it can create big ripples. Results from a scientific study indicate that “terrorism incidents receive little or no coverage in the news, but a few cases are sensationalized in the press” (Chermack and Gruenewald). Bias extends further than just showcasing opinions but also includes manipulation if the news for profit. Terrorism should not be used as propaganda in order to gain views, People’s lives are at stake and such commercialization of death and destruction is unethical. The choices made by the media reflect upon the viewers opinions about the topic, in fact, it can have “significant consequences for how that public thinks about terrorism, policy makers respond to terrorism, and terrorist attempts to use the media to accomplish their objectives”(Chermack and Gruenewald). Such circumstances are less than ideal for bias, small choices and cause political scandals. Bias can’t be completely eradicated bit it can most certainly be