MCOM 4003-Sydney Wader

When I was little I remember staring at the tabloid sections in the checkout line with my mom. As a little girl I always wanted to pick them up and read them, now when I see them all I do is laugh because I know that information is anything but true. OK! originally was a British tabloid that was released weekly and the first release was in 1993. However, American Media Incorporation bought out the magazine in 2011 when the editor stepped down and was replaced by James Robertson. The AMI has other major tabloid they publish like Life&Style, Global Inquirer, Star, US Weekly, etc. According to their site OK! is ranked #1 in reaching women ages 18 to 49. Their social media has over 3.1 million fans on their multiple profiles and the prints weekly median age is 37. Now OK! may have some truth in their magazine but you will have to give it a hard look. OK! is very well known for their coverage of weddings and everything surrounding the event. They even do marriage special magazin...

Today a common topic on cable news is President Trump's current decisions in office whether it deal with the building of the border walls, his presidential ratings while in office, etc. So when we look at bias in cable news we have to look at the two different spectrums of the bias. If a network is considered left biased means they take a more liberal approach to news coverage whereas being right biased is taking a more conservative approach. Networks like Fox are known for leaning towards the right when covering news stories. When covering topics like the President we only see positive takeaway like in recent coverage of the Fox News Poll discussing Trump's rating after two years in office. They pulled responses like " Voters feel better about the economy than they did two years ago. " In the recent poll they took 41% of voters gave a positive response to the change in the economy during Trump's presidency. Then we can take a look at a cable news networ...