Biased Stories In The Broadcasts.
Media bias is referred to as the perceived bias of news produces and journalists that is in the mass media. There isn't much bias with the online newscast because most of the stories are featured from factual evidence, and is mainly created to keep its viewers up to date with weather, sports, and local news here in Louisiana. With the Morning Express with Robin Meade television show, the news stories broadcasted are sometimes biased. The news stories are told by individuals that select and changes their stories to appeal to their audiences. The bias is easily recognizable because they are based from opinions and not actual facts.
Racial and Gender Stereotypes If Any.
There are definitely news stories from both sources that include presentations of both racial and gender stereotyping. Most times, racial and gender stereotyping comes from the thought of generalizing issues in order to make an environment that is complicated become much more clear and understandable. The media often uses stereotypes in their stories as a way to explain characters in ways that they feel the viewers would better relate to. For instance, there was a lot of racial stereotyping seen in the media during the George Zimmerman trial. What most of the stereotyping had in common with each other were the fact that they were all reduced to a exaggerated, one-sided depiction of what really happened from what everyone wanted to believe happened.
Fabricated Stories.
I do believe that some of the stories mentioned from both sources can sometimes be fabricated because of being misinformed. For instance, when the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting took place, it was reported on HLN's Morning Express with Robin Meade that there were more than one shooter, and the suspect was originally identified as someone else. There are times when WBRZ Louisiana had fabricated stories on businesses and current events that I was familiar with and know they were wrong.
