It’s no secret this election season that most of the mass media has been biased towards Hillary Clinton and been anti-Donald Trump from the start. It’s really sad that the media has chosen a side instead of being objective and fair to each candidate, which they are supposed to do in the first place. In fact, it was found in a recent poll that 75% of Americans thought that the media wants Clinton to win the election.
I’ve heard all of these reports circulating through that the “liberal” media wants Clinton elected so that they can keep some of their interests and hide things from the people. I don’t believe that for a second because it’s just one way that people criticize the media and why they are supporting Clinton.
That is not to say that every single media outlet is against Donald Trump; Fox News has good things to say about him, which doesn’t surprise me because it is a conservative news network, and the Washington Post has tried to be fair to Trump as well.
But for the most part, anything that Trump says, the media has to spin it to make him look bad. Meanwhile on the other side, despite all of the controversies dogging Hillary Clinton, they continue to downplay them or not even talk about these controversies at all. That is a disparity that should not be there. If there is controversy surrounding one of the candidates, it needs to be reported so the American people can make a decision for themselves instead of the media telling them what to think.
In the end, the media will not be the ones who decide the outcome of this race, but it is disturbing that they have been so anti-Trump as much as they have. For journalists I would advise that you keep your bias out of your writing and try to be as objective as you can.
