U.S. News Media Bias
by kathy@truthisbetter.org Last updated 2004-05-06

TV media benefits financially from the current U.S. campaign system. Republicans vote against reforming the campaign system (with the exception of a few like John McCain) while Democrats almost unanimously vote for reform. (When a few Republicans voted for reform in Fall 2002, other Republicans challenged it in court.)

The media has financial incentive for Republicans to control the U.S. Congress. The result is that approximately two out of every three "experts" appearing on TV news shows are Republican. C-Span is an exception because it is non-profit. See Fair.Org Power Sources Report.

A few days after he announced his bid for the Presidency, GW Bush said "I am against campaign reform because it would be bad for Republicans."

News media ratings and income go up during war, but so do media expenses. Investigative journalism has been replaced by "info-tainment" of the Fox News variety. 9 out of 10 of the profit TV news "experts" are pro-war. Civilian casualties on the other side are not reported, and gruesome pictures of war are not shown in U.S. media, in contrast to the Foreign media.

The GW Bush administration just 3 days after 9/11/01 requested that U.S. media not air Arab TV reports by declaring it a risk to U.S. security.

U.S. news media is not presenting all sides of issues and events. News media bias creates world-wide misunderstanding and the likelihood of future wars and terrorism.

TV media in turn gives favorable coverage and makes large donations to the campaigns of politicians who vote against campaign finance reform

The GW Bush White House is on the verge of signing into law a deal which Senator John McCain (R-AZ) says is custom-tailored for CBS and Fox,(3) allowing the two networks to grow much bigger. MoveOn's ad was banned from the Super Bowl.

Oscar-winning director Michael Moore's latest documentary, "Fahrenheit 911," is critical of President Bush's actions before and after Sept. 11 and describes Bush's relationships with powerful Saudi families, including that of Osama bin Laden. The Walt Disney Company is refusing to let the American public see it. Disney chief Michael Eisner feared the documentary could endanger the company's tax breaks in Florida, where Bush's brother, Jeb, is governor.

Here is a detailed article on the manipulation of news by business interests and the White House by Fair.org.