Biased?

A cardinal rule to being a journalist is to avoid being biased. The reporter is telling a story of what is going on at that time. Each viewer as a different view point on what is happening at that time. If you cast yourself to being biased about a particular case and the viewer does not like your opinion you are giving rather than the facts, they could turn against you. Why would a reporter or a news channel want to drive away viewers because they present biased reports.

For example: The Wisconsin protest media coverage is extremely biased. The media is portraying Governor Walker to be viewed as someone who is wrong and evil. While the Democratic Senators are being praised for throwing up their hands and leaving the state because they did not agree with what Walker is presenting.

Everyone disagrees with someone at some point but are you suppose to just give up and run away from the issue or are you suppose to discuss the issue and problem solve?

What is the media message is this sending the children?

Fox news supports my view the coverage being biased.

When a reporter is called biased it could hurt their reputation or even end their career. FOX News has been said to be biased, leaning towards the right. CNN is biased as well, with them reporting more to the left. Where is a news station that reports with a unbiased opinion? The answer is NO WHERE. In my opinion everyone is biased in some way or another. I believe it is the viewers job to look at both sides of the story to find the facts of the story and find a middle ground.