Video: NBC edits Romney rally speech to portray candidate as out of touch
yellow journalism
n.
Journalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to create sensations and attract readers.
Yellow journalism is not necessarily media bias. Media usually is somewhat biased. A bit of bias allows the reader or viewer to seek news sources that are less challenging to his or her own views, making the coverage more comfortable. This is common across the news spectrum.
Yellow journalism is the distortion of news for a defined purpose.
In the above link, MSNBC uses creative editing to remove the context of a Mitt Romney speech. This causes the video to have a completely new meaning that is presented as news. The result is a clear attempt to sway public opinion about the credibility of a political candidate. The sensational nature of the distorted story appeals to Romney detractors, helping MSNBC to maintain viewership. This is a clear violation of news media integrity.
Of the major players, CNN and FOX are consistently the least biased. CNN leans slightly left in the news coverage, FOX, slightly right. Editorial content is somewhat left at CNN, and decidedly right at FOX. Other news agencies tend to lean left with MSNBC being the most liberal. I'm actually OK with this. Anyone wanting a real balance of news can switch between channels for different perspectives to create a clearer picture. I personally toggle between CNN and FOX with a bit of BBC thrown in for a better global perspective.
What MSNBC has done here, however, is not simple bias. This is grossly irresponsible reporting. They should be ashamed.
Dude, I have to say, Fox news is incredibly bias, I agree however with your analysis on MSNBC, not cool. However Fox news does this on a daily basis. I can't even count how many times they edited speeches by Obama cleverly to portray him as the bad guy, making it look completely different than what he originally said. I agree that journalism like that is completely irresponsible, but Fox news does this on a daily basis. I guarantee you if you take video segments from any of the articles/reports from Fox news you will see that they edited it in a way to suit their interests. I can send you videos on Facebook with examples if you want, they aren't hard to find
ReplyDeleteDillon, are you seeing this in the general news reporting segments, or the editorial style news magazine segments?
ReplyDeleteIndependent monitoring groups consistently give Fox high marks for basic news coverage. Personally, the only real bias I've noticed in those segments is the choice of stories presented. The presentations themselves tend to be pretty factual.
Im not talking about their morning show, Nick Cavuto, "The Five", etc. Just their regular daytime news report.
Yeah I was more referring to the news network as a whole and how the majority of the segments are heavily slanted in one direction. Much like MSNBC's "Politics Nation with Al Sharpton" and "The Ed Show" helps to show the intent and bias of MSNBC, Fox has the same thing such as "Fox and Friends" "Shawn Hannity" and "The O'Riely Factor" that shows what side they are on. I don't know Rich, I guess I'm just getting really sick of the media bias pandering to their demographics just as much if not more than politicians. They don't report what is accurate, they report what they want in a convenient way just to appease their viewers. I personally believe that irresponsible reporting shown on both of these networks is one of the single largest causes of political polarization and a misinformed public. I really think its just driving wedge in between everyone and stirring the pot. So in short I guess I was talking about the network as a whole and how it presents itself, not just the basic news segments. Unfortunately people see the above mentioned shows from Fox and assume that it is also factual, fair, accurate and balanced, which it is clearly not.
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