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Bias in Cable News





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 network that is considered to be in the more liberal approach to political topics.

Recently both networks covered the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi basically uninviting President Trump from delivering his State of the Union address. Fox News went straight to the point saying "House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is wrong to deny President Trump permission to deliver his State of the Union address in the House chamber as scheduled on Tuesday." Fox does share some factual information throughout their discussion of the issue but not without heavily protecting the President trying to say that Pelosi is breaking 'National Tradition" by not letting Trump proceed with his State of the Union during the current government shutdown. Fox then continues to take Trump's side when they discuss how Trump cancelled his new years plans to stay in Washington just seven days into the government shutdown and how Speaker Pelosi still went on her Hawaiian vacation instead of staying and doing her duty.

So how did CNN take a different 'left side bias' approach to the situation between the House Speaker and the President? By stating the facts without an overly shoving their opinion down your throat approach. Instead of stating right away that Pelosi was wrong CNN stated "White House officials were caught off guard Wednesday by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi formally disinviting President Donald Trump from giving his State of the Union address from the House chamber, leaving them scrambling for a response."  While everyone comes off a little biased no matter how hard we try your true opinion will shine through. Some networks like Fox show more heavy bias backing up Trump's actions while networks like CNN focus more on facts and less on choosing a side in the battle.

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