Media bias is a perceived notion that certain press has and is pushing a viewpoint, instead of reporting news or airing programs in an objective way. That is the way I see it.

Such bias often refers to media as a whole, such as a newspaper chain, or a given television or radio network, instead of individual reporters or writers of television shows.

Subtle things like word choice, time limits on programming, needs to have sponsors in order to run a business, and choice of sponsors may all be examples of media bias. As well, each individual who reports or writes the news has to work hard to guard against his or her own opinions. These opinions can become media bias simply through word choice or inflections and tone of voice when delivering news.

One form of media bias is failure to include varied points of view on a story. Often this may be viewed as failing to include the opposite viewpoint.

However, it would be virtually impossible to include all viewpoints on a particular issue, since people approach issues from more than two directions.

This failure to represent is indeed mediamediamedia bias, though it may not be intentional bias. News stories may simply not have the time to cover all points of view, and may stick to classic “sides” such as democrat and republican, or left and right, in an attempt to curb mediamediamedia bias.

However, the mediamediamedia will still be biased since it cannot represent all points of view. Some media bias is quite blatant. In fact some tv stations, newspapers or programs are known for presenting the news in a way that clearly takes a defined position.