User:Willispanzarello/Media bias in the United States
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Lead. The U.S. media has come under intense scrutiny, with analysts, politicians, and even journalists themselves accusing it of bias and sensationalism[edit]
Article body. "The U.S. media has come under intense scrutiny, with analysts, politicians, and even journalists themselves accusing it of bias and sensationalism." Claims of media bias have increased in the United States as the two-party system has become more polarized, including claims of liberal and conservative bias. These claims generally focus on the idea of media outlets skewing information, such as reporting news in a way that conflicts with standards of professional journalism, or promoting a political agendathrough entertainment media, on bias in reporting to favor the corporate owners, and on mainstream bias, a tendency of the media to focus on certain "hot" stories and ignore news of more substance. A variety of watchdog groups attempt to combat bias by fact-checking biased reporting and also unfounded claims of bias. Researchers in a variety of scholarly disciplines study media bias.[edit]
The media bias page is missing a view into bias with a look on how the media focuses on hot topics whether their right or wrong, without fact checking anything.
On this media page, I would like to edit and indicate in more detail which media outlets have tendencies to overplay or underplay misinformation, with a stronger reference to statistics to provide a better understanding of the gravity of each media outlet.