Title: Media bias in the United States - Wikipedia
Headings: Media bias in the United States
Media bias in the United States
Contents
History
Demographic polling
News values
Corporate power
Pro-government
CIA influence
Control
Infotainment
Oversimplification
Media imperialism
Race
Gender
Politics
Liberal
Conservative
Cable news
Asymmetric polarization
Censorship of conservative content
Shadow banning
Fact checking and fake news
Presidential elections
2000
2008
2016
Foreign policy
Vietnam War
Arab–Israeli conflict
Iraq War
News sources
China
Accusations between competitors
Watchdogs and ranking groups
See also
Organizations monitoring bias
Non-partisan
Liberal
Conservative
References
Bibliography
External links

Content: Media bias in the United States - Wikipedia
Media bias in the United States
Media bias in the United States occurs when US media outlets skew information, such as reporting news in a way that conflicts with standards of professional journalism or promoting a political agenda through entertainment media. There is liberal bias and conservative bias. Claims of outlets, writers, and stories exhibiting both have increased as the two-party system has become more polarized. There is also bias in reporting to favor the corporate owners, and 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 unfounded claims of bias. Researchers in a variety of scholarly disciplines study media bias. Contents
1
History
2
Demographic polling
3
News values
4
Corporate power
4.1
Pro-government
4.2
CIA influence
4.3
Control
4.4
Infotainment
4.5
Oversimplification
4.6
Media imperialism
5
Race
6
Gender
7
Politics
7.1
Liberal
7.2
Conservative
7.3
Cable news
7.4
Asymmetric polarization
7.5
Censorship of conservative content
7.5.1
Shadow banning
7.6
Fact checking and fake news
8
Presidential elections
8.1
2000
8.2
2008
8.3
2016
9
Foreign policy
9.1
Vietnam War
9.2
Arab–Israeli conflict
9.3
Iraq War
9.3.1
News sources
9.4
China
10
Accusations between competitors
11
Watchdogs and ranking groups
12
See also
12.1
Organizations monitoring bias
12.1.1
Non-partisan
12.1.2
Liberal
12.1.3
Conservative
13
References
14
Bibliography
15
External links
History
Before the rise of professional journalism in the early 1900s and the conception of media ethics, newspapers reflected the opinions of the publisher. Frequently, an area would be served by competing newspapers taking differing and often radical views by modern standards. In colonial Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin was an early and forceful advocate for presenting all sides of an issue, writing, for instance, in his "An Apology For Printers" that "... when truth and error have fair play, the former is always an overmatch for the latter." In 1798, the Federalist Party in control of Congress passed the Alien and Sedition Acts designed to weaken the opposition press.