Jon Stewart and News Distortion

Having served nearly thirty years at CBS News, Mr. Goldberg had earned a reputation as one of the most original writers and thinkers in broadcast journalism. However, when he observed his own industry, he realized the liberal media had completely missed their mission to give honest news. After years of sharing his observations and promoting more balanced reportings, Goldberg soon realized that no one listened because they believed they were doing the right thing. The liberal bias continued, therefore Bernard Goldberg decided to take the situation into his own hands and expose the distortion of the media himself. Goldberg’s breathtaking and shocking best seller book, Bias, reveals the close-mindedness of the news culture and their mission to entertain rather than share facts.

After reading Bernard Goldberg’s Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News, I could recognize the medias divide and opinion when reporting the news. Growing older and more understanding of certain issues and what is going on in the world it has been easier for me to acknowledge this bias and opinion of news reporters when watching the news. Being more in the middle of the right and left wing I can see how the media inputs its views that are not objective or twists stories to make it politically correct.

A study conducted in 2013 by Pew Research found out that 72 percent of Americans get their news from a mobile device. This created a major concern with the credibility of the news that Americans read due to the fact that there are many websites that post news satire. News satire is a false accusation made to scheme the audience into believing some type of hoax. These stories generate major problems for those who are political figures, threatening their legitimacy and even harming their reputations. Every single day people are exposed to fake news, whether that be on Facebook, Twitter, or directly on news sites and “According to Pew Research, 66 percent of Facebook users said they get news from the site” (“Probe Reveals Stunning”…). These false

The author builds his credibility by noting, “Congressional Democrats are voting and speaking out against Trump's proposals on issues like health care, but few of them can garner national headlines or get a video to go viral…. Jimmy Kimmel's emotional plea to preserve coverage for pre-existing conditions in the Trump-championed health care bill. Kimmel touched a nerve, as the video of his tearful plea was widely shared.” Essentially, this juxtaposition establishes the framework for his credibility by forcing the reader to investigate Kimmel’s viral plea and search for headlines made by Democrats. Consequently, the reader will compare the effect of Kimmel's emotional plea and the effect that democrats have in forming public opinion on Trump’s policies. It is clear that the plea made by comedians is more effective in making headlines because comedy is a popular aspect of American culture. Thus, Obeidallah is able to establish his argument that comedians are extremely effective in swaying public opinion against Trump’s

“Caution: you are about to enter a no spin zone!” These words can be heard on the evening news show “The O’Riley Factor” each night. The term “no spin” is meant to imply that the show puts no spin, or bias reporting, in their news reports, but with the current standards, almost any news report is not bias if the information agrees with the viewer’s beliefs. Bias news reporting has quickly become an epidemic in America’s news reporting today. Bias can creep into news reporting in different ways, e.g., misrepresentation or disregard of facts. Media bias is a great problem in America that creates an uneducated society that builds its beliefs of false premises; while allowing the government to regulate news sources would be a fast and easy method

Howard Kurtz, dubbed by many as the top media critic, was a reporter at The Washington Post at that time when Webb’s story broke. He took the easy route by mocking Webb stating, “Oliver Stone, check your voicemail.” On the other hand, Robert Parry pointed out the “double standard” with how “Webb was held to the strictest standards of journalism” while Kurtz can “make judgments based on ignorance. Kurtz would face no repercussions for ridiculing a fellow journalist who was factually correct.” As you may remember, Robert Parry, an award winning journalist, was one of the Associated Press reporters who first broke the story of Contra cocaine trafficking. Parry has faced this kind of criticism, but on a much smaller scale because his story didn’t

The conclusion that the writer in the given memorandum has mentioned ; in order to attract more viewers to the late night news program and to avoid losing any other further advertising revenues , they should restore the time devoted to weather and local news to its former level is flawed. In this argument,they have evaluated only a few of the circumstances and has reached to the broad conclusion.

The Political news stories that I chose to watch were a liberal show called called “Last Week Tonight” and a conservative show called “ The Ingraham Angle”. “Last Week tonight” is hosted by John Oliver he was discussing the reality of Donald Trump becoming the President and what that meant for America. “The Ingraham Angle” is hosted by Laura Ingraham and on this particular episode she was discussing the consequences that America was facing because of the United States Diversity Visa Program that it offers. While watching these shows I focused on how the hosts uses language while speaking towards their audience, their reasoning process and how they applied it towards their advantage , and what types of evidence that they used in order to

“Fake” news commentators are comedians. They come in each day to work and take a look at the news and choose what will be the subject of their show for that evening. With pen and paper in hand they sit down and study the news clips for anything they can find that funny, wrong, off, hypocritical, biased, contradictory, brushed over, hidden, or twisted into sounding good when it really is not. Most days the job entails poking a lot of fun at our government, our political leaders, our corporations, our silly rules and laws. Some days though, the news is so horrific, so scary, and so evil- that jokes are just not appropriate from a human standpoint to be made. On nights like these, “fake” news reporters deliver

News programs have been changing and always will be changing. 60 minutes once a news program with minimal drama and lots of information has now turned into a beast hungry for drama with minimal information. This change in society has turned news anchors into television celebrity’s, and they’re loving the attention. The television show 60 minutes is the oldest and most watched news entertainment program. They get the ‘real story’ on Americas most horrific issues. 60 minutes’ topics include, politics, pop culture, health, science and business. The show itself airs on CBS news, each episode is an hour long and contains lots entertainment although at one point strived for mostly informative news. The news program was originally created by Don Hewitt, and was ranked one of the best news series of all time. There have been many news anchors throughout the years including, Steve Kroft, Lara Logan, Scott Pelley, Morley Safer, Lesley Stahl, and the most current anchor Bill Whitaker. Although the show might seem like a very informative, well rounded news station, people don’t realize what they are really tuning into. 60 minutes has turned into a news magazine who strives for stories that overwhelm the audiences with distracting graphics, lots of emotional issues and pointless stories that shouldn’t be covered as informative or important, but should only be used as entertainment purposes.

Mirror mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all? Is it CBS or ABC? CNN or FOX News? Liberal bias is undoubtably an orthodox notion among consumers of mainstream broadcast journalism. For decades, Republicans have repeated a mantra alleging that the media as a whole are biased against their party and their politicians. However, with the rise of conservative talk radio and TV programming, democrats have somewhat embraced this “bias” thus, digging a deeper void between politically active audiences. This was my elementary perspective of this contentious issue. As a young college student pursuing journalism, I couldn 't help but feel obligated to understand these accusations. In order to analyze the case for liberal bias, we must conduct an empirical examination of the matter. Fundamental questions must be asked: Where is the partisanship coming from? Is the news supposed to mirror reality? Who are the determinants of political news? Why do we assume liberal bias in news media?

Dramatizing the facts of a breaking news story has become a repetitive action seen in today’s media attention after a 2003 Florida appeals court granted Fox 25 News the right to distort information broadcasted to the public. Almost to conclude that major news stations hire professional actors to recite the news verse report it. The reality of this problem is that media sells and viewers fall victim daily to endless lies to exaggerate a current event and its happenings. A fact checking website similar to Politifact collected evidence that infamous Fox 25 News statistically reported 18% of the truth in their stories, with only 8% included to be completely true facts. CNN a top competitor has been proven to use truthful information averaging at 60% (Clifton, Allen. "Fact-Checking Site Finds Fox News Only Tells the Truth 18 Percent of the Time). But which portions of the truth are reporters legally allowed to comment on? If news channels are given the right to falsify the truth and report lies to viewers, is there an underlying truth that viewers are not being told? Because news media stations are granted the permission to skew facts, news deception has become a leading factor in the media business, which in return generates higher ratings that lead to confusion and corruption of the current happenings in the real world.

YouTube as a Public Sphere Platform for the “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” Audience. (Content Analysis of Discussion Generated by Political Satire Program on a Social Video Sharing Platform)

Over the last fifteen to twenty years, and especially since 2008, more and more Americans are getting their news from non-traditional media sources such as on-line news or social media. Few things have changed so significantly as the media, and the way in which Americans consume information. Non-traditional news programs such as the Daily Show and the Colbert Report have become increasingly popular. Although these shows may be dismissed by some as legitimate news sources, studies show viewers of Stewart and Colbert are among the best informed in the country.

“The human race has one really effective weapon. And that is laughter,” was said by Mark Twain. Kelly Mcevers, host of NPR, National Public Radio, states that, “President-elect Trump lets it be known when he'd like something and when he doesn't. And he does not like the way Alec Baldwin plays him on ‘Saturday Night Live.” Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump “Siri... How do I kill ISIS?” The morning after this skit Trump tweeted that he had watched parts of the show and found it totally one-sided and biased and said there was nothing funny at all, but he should get used to it. Making fun of politicians is a time-honored tradition (Blair). Political satire is a part of satire that intends to expose and criticize foolishness, corruption and hypocrisy in politics. Political satire, unlike protests, only wants to make a mockery of politics. Political satire has been around for ages, in the United States it has been around since the colonial days where the founding fathers used it to spread propaganda against the British. It is still very prominent in today’s society, especially with the inclusion of social media to the platforms of entertainment and information. Political satire outlets have risen in popularity considerably in recent years. In fact, Jon Stewart’s “The Daily Show” and Stephen Colbert’s “The Colbert Report” were the two most-watched late night talk shows among 18- to 49-year-olds in the first quarter of 2013. “The Onion”, a