The press doesn't just cover presidential campaigns, they influence them by making arbitrary decisions about who is 'top tier' and merits coverage.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The mainstream press and television do a very soft job of covering the press, either as corporate entities or as news organizations.
The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no other purpose than to tell lies where their interests are involved. One can trust nobody and nothing.
The biases the media has are much bigger than conservative or liberal. They're about getting ratings, about making money, about doing stories that are easy to cover.
If people in the media cannot decide whether they are in the business of reporting news or manufacturing propaganda, it is all the more important that the public understand that difference, and choose their news sources accordingly.
We don't go into journalism to be popular. It is our job to seek the truth and put constant pressure on our leaders until we get answers.
As Americans, we rightfully place tremendous value on having a free and independent press. Our role as journalists is to give voice to the voiceless, and hold our leaders and institutions accountable. But the circle is only completed when that information is consumed by a free-thinking and engaged audience.
A journalist covering politics, most of us are aware of the necessity to try to be sure we're unbiased in our reporting. That's one of the fundamentals of good journalism.
The things journalists should pay attention to are the issues the political leadership agrees on, rather than to their supposed antagonisms.
It is not at all clear how much the media influences public opinion and how much public opinion influences the media.
The Congressional leaders set the agenda for journalism; it's not the other way around.