I was thinking about our class discussion about the objectivity of the media. I said that there is no such thing as an objective media. If even if one media outlet tries to project an objective outlook, there is always some bias because humans are biased. When we look at piece of news or knowledge, we immediately begin judging it and reinterpreting the event according to how we think this news should appear. To that effect, I thought the media's slant on the Egyptian protests was very clear. To according to many (but not all) of the media outlets, the protests were for the beginning of a democratic regime in Egypt. As Fareed Zakaria of TIME magazine wrote: "
according to the 2010 report, a large majority believes that democracy is preferable to any other kind of government...
I remain convinced that fears of an Egyptian theocracy are vastly overblown.
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2045888-3,00.html#ixzz1D9MZUHOl"
Granted, this was an opinion piece but it is just emblematic of media outlets to put spins on stories. I think that this is the natural order of things, but others disagreed. Thoughts?
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