Media Bias

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     When I think of the word bias the first thing that comes to my mind is politics, and with the election coming up I thought it would be a good topic to write about. I found an article written by Lindsey Boerma which analyzes an interview about the recent debate. Over all this video gives multiple examples of bias, but the one I found most common was the fairness bias. Former Vermont governor and Democratic National Chair Howard Dean was asked by CBS what he thought of the debate. Dean says that he feels that president Obama did well but he wasn’t prepared for the aggressive side of Romney. Dean continues to discuss how Obama can improve and addresses the fact that Obama will remain in proper etiquette because he has to appear presidential. Dean remained fair by critiquing both of the presidential candidates. He spoke more in favor of president Obama, and minimally discussed Romney or how he can improve. When another reporter asks Dean how he feels about Obama raising taxes he gets mad and says that Obama and Biden have been saying that they would raise taxes on the wealthy for a year. Dean then adds himself into the equation saying that people accused him of things when he was running for president in 2004.

   Upon watching this video one of the first things I noticed was the fact that Dean was not only a democratic chair, but ran as a democratic candidate in 2004. It’s clear from the very beginning that Dean was going to sway towards president Obama. Dean compliments Romney in the debate saying that he was aggressive, but overall he calls the debate a tie. He says that Obama is too presidential to call Romney a liar and says that he wouldn’t do so in the next debate. Dean believes that Romney will say anything to become president even if that means changing his opinion on issues every week. He also says that Obama is more restricted than Romney because of his presidential status, so he can’t say all that he would like but Dean argues that Obama should call Romney out on his ever changing opinions on certain policies. I think that Dean is clearly biased towards Obama, I feel that the fact that he is on the Democratic Chair has a lot to do with his bias, but he also seems to have a strong personal opinion against Romney.  

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