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4 Types Of Media Bias To Watch Out For
It’s estimated that U.S. adults consume media for an eye-popping 12 hours per day. Yet when it comes to news media in particular, Americans know very little about the forces that control the content that reaches their eyes. They fail to realize the content is extremely biased to suit a political or financial agenda.
By Julie Mastrine3 min read
Unfortunately, the majority of media we see today is not meant to honestly inform us or to better our lives, but to manipulate our emotions, thinking, and behavior so that those behind it can achieve political ends or help the media company to earn more advertising revenue. As someone who works to track media bias, I've identified eleven main types of media bias to watch out for. Here are the four most pervasive types: