Whose Side Is the Media On in Politics? Is WOMAG and the T&G part of "the media"? Obviously Bloggers are not part of the media, but we'll get to that subject in a post real soon.When you're trying to figure out what's going on and which candidate to support, you may wonder whether the media reporting on candidates and issues is reliable. Does the media choose sides in elections? Is the reporting objective? Can you trust what you read in newspapers and see on the nightly news? Is the media there to assist you in making an informed choice on Election Day, or is it just another obstacle to making that informed choice?
The answer to each of these questions is a little of both. Many people don't have much faith these days in the media. According to some polls, Americans like the press as a profession only slightly more than used-car dealers and slightly less than the politicians the press covers. Television reporters are seen as more trustworthy than print journalists, perhaps because they appear in person in people's living rooms every night. All in all, journalism is not currently a profession that moms and dads urge their offspring to enter.
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