son. The old argument that the networks and other `media elites' have a liberal bias is so blatantly true that it's hardly worth discussing anymore. No, we don’t sit around in dark corners and plan strategies on how we're going to slant the news. We don't have to. It comes naturally to most reporters," (Media Resource Center). If one of their own believes they cannot be trusted, then the American people cannot be expected to believe the press either. The Media claims that they do not plan their liberal strategies, yet what should be planned is to act on their responsibility to present the news in an unbiased way. Newsweek Bureau Chief Evan Thomas stated, "There is a liberal bias. It's demonstrable. You look at some statistics. About 85 percent of the reporters who cover the White House vote Democratic,” (Evan Thomas). The people who hire these correspondents therefore are in a sense planting a liberal media in the White House. To do an informative job, they should attempt to hire an approximately equal number of reporters from each side. To do otherwise, the press admits, has a dramatic impact on a candidate’s chances. No matter how many good things a person does, if the media decides to publish the bad their chances are blown. Fifty-five percent of journalists at national media outlets felt that Bush’s chances in 1992 were hurt by the way the press covered him. While only 11% felt Clinton was hurt by his portrayal by the media (Times Mirror Center). The acknowledgement of this slant in news coverage by journalists themselves appears the most troubling of all evidence that exists to suggest that bias is present in the media. More than anything else the media shapes public opinion in America. News broadcasts show the side of the story they want people to know and believe, and they do the same things when it comes to politics. When you are watching the news the opinion you come away with is most likely the one the ...
