With all the terror attacks, the Syrian conflict, and the buzz around President-elect Donald Trump, I have noticed that there was barely any coverage of Standing Rock on large news outlets. This has got me to think about why you don't see specific incidents on networks like Fox and CNN. These networks are shorting out our knowledge of the world and inflating it with what they want us to know but there is more happening around us than we are aware. For example, any Greek life organization can raise thousands of dollars and only be picked up by the campus paper that no one reads or the local paper. When it comes to larger media outlets, the only coverage Greek life gets is the next big hazing scandal. Now I'm not saying that we shouldn't report this, because we should, but the world needs to see both sides of the coin.
Another thing I noticed about these news outlets is political bias. During this election cycle, anyone could tell what news stations supported Hillary Clinton and which ones supported Donald Trump. Either way, they told the news as it fit to their politics. If one could make the rival candidate look bad, they would. There is very few stations that give you the real news. If a law to make it illegal to own a gun with a criminal record were passed in California, you would either get news celebrating this liberal victory or news that condescends the law from conservative defeat.
Conveying facts over politics has seem to disappear from corporate media, however, we can still educate ourselves on the necessities and make an opinion for ourselves. Go beyond the scope of Fox and CNN and be more informed.
