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News Media Bias

Myth: A sizeable number of Americans believe that news media have a liberal bias.
Fact: When you believe things that aren’t true, the truth sounds like bias.

We have not only a right, but a responsibility to be wary of biased news media. But healthy skepticism has been transmuted into the widely-held belief that mainstream news media have an obvious liberal bias and a mission to spread left-wing propaganda. Even popular culture icons from Hollywood to the NFL are commonly thought to despise America and contribute to that bias.

Where does credibility end and sensationalism begin when it comes to the news? Are opinion pieces the new fact-based reporting? And how can we tell the difference?

Fake News Producers Are Getting Smarter

Fake News Producers Are Getting Smarter

After public outcry, and even Congressional investigation, of how the spread of fake news influenced the 2016 election, you’d think that the poison of false news has more or less been excised. But you’d be wrong. Fake news producers have only gotten smarter about spreading propaganda.

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President Trump’s G7 Drama Is No Surprise

President Trump’s G7 Drama Is No Surprise

Some may have been surprised by President Trump’s behavior after the G7 conference. But if you observed how he’s acted on the campaign trail and in office, and if you read “The Art of the Deal,” you already knew about the “negotiation style” he brought to the White House.

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