Many people feel that media coverage has become increasingly biased today.
Why is this?
What can be done to fix this problem?
Some argue that media outlets now tend to favor biased news. This is because a large number of media companies operate based on profits. The government should introduce educational programs to help the general population be more aware of biased information to address this persistent problem.
One explanation for the pervasiveness of unreliable news is that the majority of news outlets are profit-driven. Political parties typically utilize their financial resources to influence media coverage to make reports that support their causes and ideologies, gaining the trust of the general public and therefore consolidating their power. For example, CNN is known for articles that further the interests of the Democratic Party as they are skewed towards the political perspectives of presidential candidates such as Hilary Clinton and Joe Biden, while downplaying the policy of the opposing party. Large companies can also take advantage of media outlets to manipulate the stock market. There have been many cases where corporations fund news outlets to exaggerate their business operations and revenue as an unethical way of artificially inflating their stock prices.
However, the government can incorporate media literacy programs into the educational system to address biased news. Schools and universities should teach students how numbers and words are manipulated by news outlets to persuade viewers into believing in biased or even false narratives, thus allowing them to avoid untrustworthy news sources. Countries such as Finland have incorporated these lessons into the curriculum and successfully created a more informed population that knows how to critically assess information from multiple angles and distinguish between facts and opinions. The shift in viewers’ awareness would likely lead to biased news outlets experiencing reduced traffic, which means that they would have to either place greater emphasis on impartiality or risk becoming irrelevant. This restores a healthy balance to media coverage and engenders more reliable sources of information for the general citizenry.
In conclusion, the prevalence of biased news mainly results from the greed of media companies. The government can directly combat this problem through integrating media literacy programs into the school’s syllabus.
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Media outlets các phương tiện truyền thông
Favor ưu tiên
Biased news tin tức mang tính thiên vị
Operate vận hành
Based on dựa trên
The general population dân số nói chung
Address xử lý
Persistent problem vấn đề dai dẳng
Pervasiveness sự tràn lan
Unreliable không đáng tin cậy
The majority of phần lớn
Profit-driven được thúc đẩy bởi lợi nhuận
Political parties các đảng phái chính trị
Utilize tận dụng
Financial resources nguồn lực tài chính
Make reports đưa ra các bài báo cáo
Causes mục đích
Ideologies lý tưởng
Consolidate củng cố
Power quyền lực
Articles bài báo
Further the interests of thúc đẩy lợi ích của
The Democratic party đảng dân chủ
Skewed towards nghiêng về phía
Political perspectives quan điểm chính trị
Presidential candidates ứng cử viên tổng thống
Downplaying coi nhẹ
Policy chính sách
The opposing party đảng đối lập
Take advantage of tận dụng
Manipulate thao túng
Stock market thị trường chứng khoán
Corporations tập đoàn
Exaggerate phóng đại
Business operations chiến dịch kinh doanh
Unethical trái đạo đức
Artificially nhân tạo
Inflating thổi phồng
Incorporate sáp nhập
Media literacy programs chương trình gia tăng sự hiểu biết về truyền thông
Persuade thuyết phục
Narratives câu chuyện
Untrustworthy không đáng tin cậy
Curriculum / Syllabus trường trình học
Informed nắm bắt được thông tin tốt hơn
Critically assess nhận xét 1 cách logic + nghiêm túc
Multiple angles nhiều góc độ
Distinguish phân biệt
Shift sự thay đổi
Experiencing trải nghiệm
Reduced traffic giảm thiểu lượt truy cập
Place greater emphasis on đặt chú trọng nhiều hơn vào
Impartiality sự không thiên vị
Irrelevant không được quan tâm đến nữa
Restores phục hồi
Engenders tạo ra
The general citizenry dân số nói chung
Prevalence sự phổ biến
Greed lòng tham
Integrating kết hợp