The press decides which issues to report and how to report them. ... The programs themselves are owned by companies that have a vested interest in how the news is reported and what is reported. ... I decided to closely watch and listen one night to one news program to see if I could notice any obvious bias in what or how they were reporting. ... Bernie Goldberg's bestseller book Bias offers plenty of examples that the major news networks (ABC, NBC, and CBS) don't deliver the news straight, that they have a liberal bias. ... When it came down to reporting stories about the homeless...

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According to Bernard Goldberg in his book Bias; in the 1992 Presidential Election, 89% of journalist voted for Clinton compared with 43% of the people that are not journalist that also voted for President Clinton. 7% of journalist voted for Bush while 37% of voters voted for Bush. 2% of news people voted for Perot while 19% of the electorate voted for him. 85% of the reporters who cover the White House vote Democrat. ... Tammy Bruce in her book The New Thought Police actually accuses the media of trying to influence public opinion. ...

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(Jewkes, p.160) The Guinness Book of Records lists the case as the "most viewed trial" with a daily average of 5.5 million American watching. (Guinness Book of Records, 1996, p.409). ... The Guinness Book of Records lists the case as the "most viewed trial" with a daily average of 5.5 million American watching (Guinness Book of Records, 1996, p.409). ... The focus on this rather than the actual facts of the case were being reported which resulted in misleading public opinion. ...

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In 2004, the department also required reporters to file a Public Records Request before reviewing police reports. ... Always looking over our shoulders and having to do everything by the book every time. ...

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From reporting the news and persuading us to buy certain products, to providing programs that depict violence, television has all but replaced written material. ... By limiting the amount of time spent in front of the "tube," parents will compel their children to do something more productive like reading a book or playing outside. ...

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