Sunday, November 15, 2009

Media Research Center VS. Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting

I just got done going through both of those websites and I've got to say in a way they both act the same. The MRC is definitely Conservative and FAIR is definitely Democratic. Both of them act in the same way as to bash and criticize the other party through articles and videos. Although that may be the case, the MRC showcases other conservative members in the media and shows support in whatever they may do. On the FAIR website they showcase Democrats and heavily criticize other conservatives. There is definitely a huge amount of bias in both websites, because they both try to make the other party look like the enemy, but they make their own look perfect. For example, in the FAIR website in an attempt to criticize Conservatives, they presented Dick Morris. Dick Morris made an appearance in the O'Reilly Factor and proclaimed that McCain's decision to suspend his campaign was a brilliant move and that soon it would pay off. His polls of course kept on dropping and two weeks later Dick Morris said that the decision to suspend his campaign was a mistake on his part. FAIR was of course trying to make Dick Morris look bad by showing everyone that he contradicted himself. There was also a montage on the MRC website that showcased many democrat clips and soon after employees from MRC would comment on them and make sarcastic jokes to make then look "dumb". For example when Katie Couric introduces Al Gore to her show, she called him the "King of Consevation". Soon after the employees from MRC make sarcastic jokes and try to make him look bad. Both websites seem to be either very liberal of very conservative and they both criticize each other and only cover news that will make them look better to the world.

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