Political News
Political news tends to dominate the medium airwaves because of the importance of staying updated about the current political climate. During times of war and economic crisis such as the issues that American is currently facing, this barrage of political news increases even more.
• In the past few years, political news has been dominated by the Iraq war. The more localized that the political news is, the more interest that society will be in it. Because of the fact that so many Americans have a strong political stance on the war, the political news that is available about it takes precedent over other political news items. Another example of that is the state of the United States economy. In the previous presidential political polls, the state of the economy was of top importance to voter’s, along with the Iraq war.
• Almost every major website, newspaper and television news programs that dedicate large sections and portions of time to political news. Political elections, particularly presidential elections, are always covered heavily by medium outlets since the public considers any major political election to be of great importance in their day-to-day lives. Political policies are included in political news so that people can be knowledgeable about whom they may wish to vote for.
• There is some controversy surrounding the political news that the major stations broadcast: CNN, MSNBC, and Fox news. Many complain that these programs tend to have certain political agendas and favor particular candidates. Fox political news is particularly well-known for declaring George W. Bush the winner of the presidential election, long before they should have done so. They are considered to be very conservative. On the other hand, CNN and MSNBC are considered to lean toward the liberal left and give the most airtime to Democratic candidates. All these political news programs are supposed to be completely unbiased and give equal time to each candidate.
• Regardless of these complaints though, many argue that the political news that has been announced by these programs has been accurate and have done their job on keeping the public well informed of political happenings. An example of this includes when CNN first broke the news about the Richard Nixon Watergate scandal. The millions of websites that offer political news are sometimes very biased, and they are allowed to be. While straight-forward journalism is generally supposed to be un-biased, many bloggers can post their own personal political views on anything they want.
Deciding whether or not an individual is receiving accurate political news can be tricky considering the nature of the news itself. Many people have their own political views and those views sometimes intentionally or unintentionally find their ways into the political news. One should use their best judgment when deciding what to believe about political news they hear.