MEDIA  BIAS
"Oh that's just media bias". How many times have you heard that? I'm old enough to remember when we got the daily news from just a few radio stations and that antiquated appliance called  "black & white" TV. In the early evening we tuned the TV to either Cronkite, Murrow, or Huntley-Brinkley. They delivered the news with integrity, honesty, and most importantly they reported the facts without any bias. Even if we knew they had a particular "leaning", they still honored their commitments to deliver the news factually to the American people.
Today we have virtually thousands of "talk radio" shows, the Internet, and so many Cable TV outlets that most people hardly tune into the major network news stations anymore.
And they are all competing for that ugly thing called ratings.  We've all heard and seen to what lengths some of these radio and TV stations will go to just to increase ratings, while hiding behind The First Amendment. Some stations go so far as to use the shock treatment by reporting lies, blasphemy, and strong personal attacks, which takes me to the reason for today's message.
The double standard of radio, TV, and Internet reporting must stop. These stations and networks owe  the American people to report the facts with integrity and honesty. Yes, there can be time for editorial-opinions during broadcasts, but we really don't want to be entertained, we just want the news; honestly, factually, and without bias reporting.  We only need to review the Trayvon Martin-George Zimmerman story,  and how one network reported it. Worse, their biased reporting sparked further tragedies that can be related to race.
The answer? network and program managers assure the American people that you are more interested in reporting the facts than ratings.
Our country needs some Cronkites, Murrows, and Huntley-Brinkley's.  Where are you?

And that's Politics with Pete today