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Hampton Richards

Professor Phillip Meadors

English 101

26 March 2016

An Analysis in Media Bias: Annotated Bibliography

Farhi, Paul. "There Is No Significant Media Bias." Mass Media, edited by Margaret Haerens and

Lynn M. Zott, Greenhaven Press, 2014. Opposing Viewpoints. Opposing Viewpoints in

Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ3010152405/OVIC?

u=mill30389&xid=853e9081. Accessed 19 Mar. 2017. Originally published as "How

Biased Are the Media, Really?" Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2012.

Farhi's article talks about media bias and how perception can change someone's view on

reality. Due to more media being discovered, the chance of you reading news thats biased has

increased exponentially. Robert Lichter explains how once people see something they don't like,

it's automatically biased. There are even organizations that observe the media such as

AIM(Accuracy in Media) and FAIR(Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting). Farhi also includes a

section called News Reporting vs. Commenting which states that cable networks aren't the only

source of a news organization. He explains that most cable news networks tell how others get the

"story" wrong and how the media will only show certain information so their audience is forced

to be biased to one side. Since technology has developed, people can connect to more events and

sources at the same time. Readers will often ask investigators why one part of the story was left

out, while another investigator highlighted it.

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The source restates what other articles have said about media bias. Although the article is

somewhat old, it's content relates to events happening today. This article will help be by learning

to question my sources and the author's credibility.

Objectivity in Journalism is a Myth: Annotated Bibliography

Dawes, Theodore. "Objectivity in Journalism Is a Myth." Journalism, edited by Roman Espejo,

Greenhaven Press, 2014. Opposing Viewpoints. Opposing Viewpoints in Context,

link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ3010914206/OVIC?u=mill30389&xid=a563da9b.

Accessed 19 Mar. 2017. Originally published as "Why the News Makes You Angry,"

American Thinker, 26 June 2010.

This article states that there is no such thing as objectivity reporting. Dawes, the author,

explains how it's impossible to objectively write articles about what's important and what's not.

He also states that facts are of no use in deciding what's newsworthy. He gives us two examples

to consider: A bomb exploding, or a bomb exploding in a day care center. The first gives us no

details and is considered insignificant, while the other gives us more detail and exaggerates

morals. Objectivity requires judgment. No one knows for sure where objectivity originated.

Some predict it came to be with the invention of news wires, which allowed news to be spread

over long distances. There is a subsection in this article called, Why the News Makes You Angry,

which basically says, we should stop acting like objectivity is possible.