Colleen McIntyre
Unit 3 writing assignment
Due: March 24, 2018
POLS1101- American Government, Spring 2018
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Different political views are a huge topic in society today. With the mass amounts
of media outlets available I have come to learn that media biased from both
perspectives can be portrayed in different ways, depending upon which site you look at.
Sometimes the biased facts can be so strong that it leaves out important news and
information. This could be contributing to how politics today are so polarized. News
outlets today like to stray away from the truth of what’s really going on in society and
portray their personal feelings on an issue. The problem with bias doesn’t lie with just
the liberals or just the conservatives, but it infact lies with both of them. At times it can
be hard to decipher between what is the truth of the story and what is personal belief.
Even us as readers, when we read article or a book we tend to for our own bias opinion
based on our own beliefs. That just goes to show that it’s not just an issue for media
outlets but us citizens are guilty of it as well.
Liberals think that the government can be a tool to help get rid of inequality. The
view of liberals is usually in support of government policy and want the government to
be involved especially in social justice issues such as gun control. This view is often
portrayed in the media through news channels and on social media. Recently the topic
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