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The Biased Truth: An Objective Perspective on Nonobjective News Reporting

The Biased Truth: An Objective Perspective on Nonobjective News Reporting

Andre Nicholson
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 14
ISBN13: 9781522540595|ISBN10: 1522540598|EISBN13: 9781522540601
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-4059-5.ch011
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Nicholson, Andre. "The Biased Truth: An Objective Perspective on Nonobjective News Reporting." Handbook of Research on Media Literacy in Higher Education Environments, edited by Jayne Cubbage, IGI Global, 2018, pp. 185-198. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-4059-5.ch011

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Nicholson, A. (2018). The Biased Truth: An Objective Perspective on Nonobjective News Reporting. In J. Cubbage (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Media Literacy in Higher Education Environments (pp. 185-198). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-4059-5.ch011

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Nicholson, Andre. "The Biased Truth: An Objective Perspective on Nonobjective News Reporting." In Handbook of Research on Media Literacy in Higher Education Environments, edited by Jayne Cubbage, 185-198. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-4059-5.ch011

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Abstract

Consumers of news should expect to consume reports, which are an accurate and unbiased reflection of local, national, and world events. However, due to limitations that affect the packaging and presentation of many news stories today, consumers may not be experiencing a true reflection of those issues. This exploratory study examined three genres of news for objectivity and bias in the reporting of news stores: local news, national news, and satire news. The study found that although local news reporters attempt to report news stories with an objective narrative, it is often the news story's subject that impedes the process of objectivity. National and satire news programs also lose their objectivity based on the narrative presented by the hosts of the program.

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