If there is any objectivity it is sure hard to find in the news media. Everyone seems to have their own agenda and doesn’t seem too concerned with looking at the overall difference of the parties. It would seem that they would rather submit their own opinions and direct the facts to their own personal opinions. Because I do not feel so strongly in regards to a party ran election, it is hard for me to say which I find the most objective and which seems to have the most biased. I would have to say that I think CNN is probably the least biased and that the others seem to lean one way or the other.
I do not care of the opinions of those on talk radios especially that of Rush Limbaugh. He certainly does not affect my point of view and if I had to say, he would probably more so drive me in a different direction if he could. To me he is just an obnoxious person with nothing to offer me in regards to his feeling regarding politics. He is an interesting person to listen to however, if you want to get a strong one-sided view of how he feels about politics and the way they are moving forward today as opposed to how they used to be handled.
3. Is media objectivity important? Why or why not?
do believe that objectivity is important and necessary today. I believe that media should be there to report the facts and not their own opinions. I do not believe that it is their place to share their opinions or try to alter the facts to fit their own agenda. I also think that is a bad media decision to do it. In order to be more objective and properly inform the public of the total issues, there should definitely be more objectivity in the media. This would allow people a better view of the facts and allow them to make better decisions regarding the real issues as opposed to putting forth a public agenda.
Please also comment at least 50 words each on the blogs of at least three of your classmates and list the names of these classmates on your blog.
Pam Smith, Jesse Griffith, David Smith
