Proof: Fake News Media Bias Finally Exposed… (We Knew It Already)
“That’s not fair.”
We say that as children when we see a sibling or friend get something we didn’t get.
Years later, many of us are still saying it when we see mainstream media show bias against conservatives and their values.
President Donald Trump even called it a name – fake news – pointing out the hypocrisy of media outlets such as CNN, The New York Times and NBC for their slanted coverage.
The problem with a “That’s not fair!” claim is that it is often hard to prove. That’s especially true when it comes to politics and the media.
The folks on the Left seem to think the mainstream media coverage is just fine. In fact, when we say that media coverage is biased against conservatives, they call us crybabies. They tell us it’s just our opinion.
But guess what? Now it’s a documented fact!
CNN and Harvard Admit Media Bias Against Trump
CNN media reporter Dylan Byers confessed last week that the mainstream media tend to ignore the stories of conservative Americans. They also report the “arc of history” from a progressive point of view.
He said, “The story we have largely been telling is a story that is more or less in step with the arc of history as defined by Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.”
And now a study by Harvard University recently backed up the reporter’s remarks. The study showed that major media outlets covered Trump’s presidency in a negative fashion 80 percent of the time during his first 100 days in office.
Eighty percent!
Not surprisingly, the worst offenders were CNN and NBC. They covered Trump negatively 90 percent of the time. Even Fox News was guilty of more negative than positive coverage (52 percent to 48 percent). Although they were remarkably balanced compared to other major media outlets.
Obama’s Coverage Was Much More Positive
Let’s compare that coverage with what the media gave to their darling – Barack Obama – during his first 100 days in office in 2009. The Harvard study shows that Obama’s coverage was nearly three times more positive than Trump’s.
Harvard professor Thomas Patterson said that 59 percent of Obama’s coverage during his first 100 days in office was positive.
Surprise, surprise.
The mainstream media made no secret of its love affair with Obama. Especially early in his presidency. Just as they’ve made their hatred of Trump no secret, both during the campaign and since he took office.
The travesty here is not that a vast majority of mainstream media prefer liberal politicians over conservative ones. The real problem is that they let their personal biases affect how they cover news.
They are supposed to be neutral. Fair and balanced, you might say. But clearly, they are not.
And now we have proof.
How Should We Respond?
So, what does this mean for us as we follow the news? Well, I’d say we should take mainstream media reports with a grain of salt, but I’m sure most of us are already doing that.
I guess it means two things:
- We can hope that other mainstream media will see those reports, understand that they are at fault and adjust the way they cover news. But let’s face it, that’s a long shot.
- More realistically, we can now stand up to our friends on the Left when they deny that the media is biased against conservatives. We now have documented proof… and it’s from the folks in their camp.
How many cabinet incitements in eight years was there in the Obama presidency? How many guilty pleads? The “main stream” media might be biased but I have not seen flat out lies and these supposedly “Liberal” outlets purposefully misleading the public. Now FOX news on the other hand supporting straight out lies from the mouth of our president and exaggerating the truth to rev up a tea party base…. Well for sure know one really believes that Obama wasn’t a u.s. citizen. But FOX pushed that constantly.
I am a Republican, retired 20 years plus military, drawing 100 percent service connected disability, but if there had been a better Democrat to choose from instead of a traitor to our own troops, a proven liar and a cry baby, I would probably have voted different. All CNN and NBC did was lean the other way since they were liars too. Cartoons with my grandkids were more realistic.
Fake news painted Clinton as a liar and a traitor to our troops… I didn’t care for her as a candidate but my god I could clearly see she was a better choice then the buffoon who is there now. Republicans pushed for FBI investigation not once but twice during the campaign and now even a third time… Still no incitements. What we got because of fake news…. A liar, possibly a traitor with Russia and a direct threat to our national security by allowing access to top secret info to his cabinet before they were given clearance. Some had to be removed after almost a year of access. His cabinet has numerous incitements with some guilty pleads. Anyone who defends voting for this guy over Clinton is a perfect example how the public can get brainwashed by FOX
You compare Media coverage of Obama vs. media coverage of Trump. I look at the conduct of each and it’s easy to see why Obama received more positive coverage. Because he did more positive things and did not tweet cruel heartless memes. He also did not make the new agencies his enemy. Trump is his own worst publicist. Yes some news anchors are biased but to paint a total news outlet with the same brush is fake news also. I’d like you to share what Trump has done in the last 100 days that is positive. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. He’s mean and divisive. I guess the newscasters in Europe are biased also?
I felt like President Trump stole my name for FOX News – I’ve been calling it “Fake News” for years!
So, it isn’t just the liberal outlets – it is all of them – left, right, and center have their biases.
Maybe the news coverage is negative because the subject being covered actually is negative? Once again this is an effort to push the blame to the news coverage rather than the actual event. FYI, I am a gun owner, have my concealed carry permit, and am also a union electrician. There is definitely a war going on attacking labor in this country. yet the blame for “negative” coverage of this attack is placed on truthful coverage of said attack, as well as those being attacked. Label me as a liberal if you like, but I am nearing retirement and everything I have paid for and planned for all my life is under siege. My pension, my healthcare, my social security, my medicare, my Medicaid, as well as my job for the few years I have left to work. I am not expecting something for nothing. I am expecting the benefits I have paid for.
I’m sorry that you feel your President has been maligned in the press. Honestly, all I could see was that the press repeated everything he said verbatim, making Donald his own worst enemy. The Left is not your enemy; you should look elsewhere for whatever is lurking in your shadows. As much as I enjoy using your food for my food storage, it’s getting harder and harder to stomach in the face of this divisive nonsense.
WHAT DO YOU CALL FAUX (not news)? Just harmless “entertainment”? Look where it has led- a SHAMELESS IDIOT in the WH, complete and utter shambles of leadership, by an ASSHOLE WHO THINKS he is above the law that mere mortals must obey!
If the shoe fits, wear it and weep!!
Are you too chicken to allow my truthful comment to be aired on your biased forum?
Here’s real news Karen….We’ve heard all of this before from all of you ANGRY FOUL MOUTHED FEM DEMS !
Hillary,Madonna,Ashley,Amy,Rosie,Kathy, ETC ETC ETC…
You’ve been on TV more than the President has.
Always name calling and blaming EVERYBODY BUT YOURSELVES….
Here’s more news……Fake news isn’t the problem any longer…That’s sooo yesterday.
Now, It’s all about folks like yourself being….STUCK ON STUPID….
S.O.S.
Blaming Fox news for the election results ? LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL…Who’s the IDIOT ?
Don’t you have a protest that your late to ?
Can’t wait to see you on the news Hon, …your the ones dressed in all black? Right ?
Chuck Wheat, you NAILED IT!
That’s all I have to say!
Hey Chuck, your asking who is the idiot? Anyone who would defend this embarrassment of a president. He acts like he is still on reality TV entertaining his followers. The majority of citizens voted against this moron and an overwhelming majority of woman in this country did not vote for this guy. For you to label any woman who is angry about what is happening to our reputation as a country because of this travesty shows what a Neanderthal you must be.
Please. Harvard, CNN. Do we not reject science, professional concensus when convenient. The last 30 years the middle class suffering under both parties. News flash! The jobs are not coming back. If corporations can not pay dirt wages they will automate. Ask yourself this, Why is it fine for corporations to demand increase in yearly profits while wage increases are looked upon as irrational, unrealistic demands.
When will ALL Americans insist on cost of living increases?
Maybe one day, we as a species, will realize that every time we utter our opinions to prove something we make our beliefs more important than our kindness and respect for each other.
Trump is a pathetic embarrassment to all Americans, Impeach the GOOF
In comparing coverage on Obama to Trump, I think it is easy for anyone to see that with Trump learning on the job, having some in his own party embarrassed by his mistakes & lack of knowledge,
possible ties to Russia & other illegal issues, it is only natural that his news stories get more attention than
Obama’s ever did! As I am a Democrat, when I read
where u called Obama “the Darling” I decided to unsubscribe & not do anymore business with your “slanted” company! Obama is intelligent & if u
read “true” statistics u will see we were, better off than when he took office, after Bush & 2008! For example, unemployment is the lowest in many years, but I assume u won’t listen, because I am one of the Democrats that helped make up the popular vote, U shouldn’t take for granted that everyone wants to hear your slanted political views or buy more products from you after seeing your write up. That’s your freedom & mine!
You “Left” with such conviction…
Why are you back ?
Oh, I get it!
You “Left” just like the rest of you LOSERS who NEVER LEFT after promising to do just that…..
Leave Already
Even though that said the left will never leave Trump alone. All senators and congressman in the dem party all need to be brought to justice the liars cheats and all behind big Pharma as Clinton. Especially that Idot Shummer.
What else is new from the pharmaceutical industry? Constantly lying to the American public just so they can make an extra dollar when something as simple as a seed or a plant can naturally cure the issue. But instead They would force feed false information such as chemotherapy (even a chemo therapist, Dr. Hardin B. Jones, says chemotherapy only works 3% of the time ). The narcotics for our service members with PTSD; I myself have to take 5 different medications for PTSD because they won’t legalize medical marijuana through the VA, and there’s proof in the research that it helps those with PTSD, anxiety, bipolar, depression, etc.. All these fundraisers for fighting cancer is free income for chemo therapist doctors . they found a cure from a fruit called the guanabana. But because Martin Shkreli, wants to control the pharmaceutical monopoly, he bands imports from Brazil and places Brazil on a hostile list to restrict this fruits import. It’s the same concept that Rockefeller and GM did when they got rid of all the electronic rail systems in San Francisco more cars and gasoline can be sold.
Trump did the right thing on global warming. God made this earth and everything in it. HE can burn ous out or freeze us out It’s His. And he is in control. He put TRUMP in as president He said I set up who I will and I take out who I will!!!
When I was a student at Cornell U. in the late sixties and early seventies, I was proud to be a “liberal” thinker. It had a different meaning then. It was a person that valued personal choice and liberty, while also being “tolerant” of other opinions.
By the time the early seventies began to evolve, that tolerance began to give way to the self serving, peer pressure driven ideology that is now the “progressive” way. Even back then, it was easy to enrage them to rhetoric spouting, although they did not necessarily know what they were talking about. LOL. Fast forward near 50yrs. and most of them have still not grown up, nor have positively evolved. Sigh.
Thanks for promoting the awareness.
Good point, Robert. What really gets to me is the constant preaching about tolerance, but then refusing to grant tolerance to those with whom they disagree.
Simply, stop watching cnn & nbc!
Boycott, simple as that!
Watch their ratings go DOWN! ?
it’s easy to ignore the biased media on TV – don’t watch; acquire your news and information online – much better.
I THINK WE ALL SHOULD STOP WATCHING THE TALKING HEADS. THEY NEVER HAVE ANYTHING BUT LIES TO SAY ANYWAY. ALL OF FACEBOOK ARE SPREADING THE NEWS TO STOP WATCHING THE TALKING HEADS AND GET THE REAL NEWS ON SOME OF THE WEB BLOGS AND YOU TUBE.
Most of us have known the media is biased and it has gotten worse. We do not watch CNN or NBC news because of it. They are crazy seen enough to know that.
The answer, like any other consumer commodity, is to fire the news. When you subscribe to cable network news you are supporting disinformation and progressive spun opinions parading as fact. Everything is politicised with the possible exception of weather channels. What can you lose? Comedians are no longer funny, news parading as fact, and talk shows that are echo chambers. And, you are actually paying for this? Get local news via an outdoor antennae, subscribe to internet streaming where you are not financially supporting the lame stream media that is a large portion of even basic cable package. Arguing with liberals is pointless. If even a small portion of 50% of the population (the deplorables) turn off and tune out, advertisers will not be able to sell product and things will change.
I think this is true! I realized that the news was fake in in the 1960’s I don’t look at it, read it or talk about it. The real news is on the internet, but you have to find out from your own research which is true or more fake news
Go on Ramtha.com and view the free and open to the public video. the second part is about Trump and Clinton. This is the truth!