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Another Form of Media Bias

Written by Kerby Anderson November 19 - 2015
Media bias comes in many forms. Bias shows up when we see how a story is covered selectively. Certain voices and perspectives are given prominence. Others are not. But a more common form of media bias occurs when media outlets simply ignore a story that does not fit their narrative. Robert Knight has seen this in operation when he worked at the Los Angeles Times and when he has worked with various conservative organizations. He writes about how the media pushes their “super story.” You can see this in how they often cover Muslims. When a radical Muslim beheaded a female co-worker in Oklahoma City last year, there was very little press coverage. Compare that to how the media focused lots of attention on a Muslim boy who was suspended from school in Texas for bringing a clock to school that authorities mistook for a bomb. Robert Knight sees the media bias by omission in the November 2015 elections. When the voters in Houston overwhelmingly defeated a homosexual/transgender nondiscrimination proposition, I wondered how they would cover it. Many media outlets hardly talked about it. Others cited it as an example of hate winning over compassion. The voters understood what was going on, especially when the mayor of Houston tried to subpoena the sermons of pastors who worked to get the proposition on the ballot so the citizens of Houston could vote on it. And while the media did report that Kentucky elected a new governor, they didn’t report the reason for his victory. Tea Party favorite Matt Bevin surprised many because he won by embracing social issues. In fact, he even visited county clerk Kim Davis when she was in jail. You may remember that she was the clerk who refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses with her name on the certificate. If you want to see media bias, you not only need to look at what the press says about a story, but you need to also notice what stories they ignore. Viewpoints by Kerby Anderson

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