Monday, November 16, 2009

MRC & FAIR; Compare & Contrast

In today's high-tech world, public opinion is influenced greatly by the media and its coverage. Society is bombarded with millions of sources of information making it difficult to choose what and who to believe. Therefore, one must not be neither oblivious nor gullible and make sure they get an appetizer from every side of the story and select which one is the most reliable. Yes, to report news coverage is difficult and can be quite a challenge rarely can one fully detach their emotions, opinions, and beliefs and presumable avoid it from affecting their coverage. Word choice and tone is crucially important!

FAIR, Fairness & Accuracy In Reportings, standing goal is to preserve an "independent, aggressive and critical media" as a guarantee to the principles of democracy. They tend to focus on a diversity in the press in which they inevitably embed their opinions within as well. They make an effort to cover a widespread rage of news including "neglected" news stories. They are "media activists" for they strongly believe that "censored and bias" information is a violation of the public's 1st Amendment. They are blunt and pragmatic they will not sugarcoat anything and will only deliver the reality of the issues. If I were to make a conjecture from analyzing the information FAIR regards I would most likely infer that it has a predominantly liberal audience.

MRC, Media Research Center, "fights Liberal Bias" in the media so donate now! Support the media coverage that has a hint of conservative view and accuses liberals for providing bias information. They provide different alternatives for issues and criticize the actions by giving insight to how they would have approached such issue. They feel targeted, like if they are attacked much more than liberal individuals.

To remain neutral is tough, unless you have no opinions.












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