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The document discusses several articles about media bias and potential solutions. Matthew Ellman and Fabrizio Germano propose that media bias can be addressed through solutions like allocating funds and removing advertisements from television. Nathan Robinson argues that not all media bias is inherently bad, and bias can be reduced but may not be fully eradicated. Laura Akers claims that creating less biased media is achievable even if complete objectivity is unrealistic. Armstrong Williams discusses how increased time on social media exposes people to stronger media biases through personalized recommendations.

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The document discusses several articles about media bias and potential solutions. Matthew Ellman and Fabrizio Germano propose that media bias can be addressed through solutions like allocating funds and removing advertisements from television. Nathan Robinson argues that not all media bias is inherently bad, and bias can be reduced but may not be fully eradicated. Laura Akers claims that creating less biased media is achievable even if complete objectivity is unrealistic. Armstrong Williams discusses how increased time on social media exposes people to stronger media biases through personalized recommendations.

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Monetizing media seems to be a very complex issue, yet can be solved with simple

solutions. In “Regulating for an Independent Media: The Problems of Political and Commercial

Bias” (2009), Matthew Ellman and Fabrizio Germano express that media bias can be solved with

numerous solutions (7). This article describes how effective a news source can be on persuading

a reader. Matthew and Fabrizio list examples in order to call out selective reporting for specific

occurrences; in fact, they state that media “benefits from making advertising more effective”

directly (25). The authors seem to address people with power in this essay because the authors

suggest solutions like “allocating funds” and “removing advertisement from tv,” which only

someone with power could accomplish.

Media bias isn’t inherently bad but can become bad over time if overexposed. In “Media

Bias is Ok – If it’s Honest” (2019), Nathan Robinson argues that not all media bias can be

inherently bad (4). Nathan addresses how many arguments can be multi-sided and productive.

Nathan expresses the connection between the stronger medias and the lean in political spectrum.

The full eradication of media bias is unrealistic, whereas creating less of a bias is

achievable. In “Reducing Media Bias in Our Newsfeeds is Complicated” (2016), Laura Akers

claims that “No news source is going to be completely unbiased” (10). Laura expresses how the

media is already built around being biased, and how unbiased media can be very beneficial.

Laura seems to address readers who share a curious interest in unbiased news, directly speaking

to the audience with the statement, “there’s a few things they need to keep in mind” (8).
It is considered important to display events without bias in today's world. In “How to

Avoid Media Bias When Covering Political News Stories' ' (2018), Glenn Halbrooks claims that

the best way to report media is to find the most unbiased resources (14). Glenn does this by using

a logical list of steps to take when reporting news like “deciding you are completely confident to

the information you are presenting.” Glenn expresses the importance of understanding where

your information is coming from and how accurate that information is.

In “The Blurred Lines of Modern Media” (2018), Armstrong Williams claims that

“Social media often forces us to experience a stronger media bias” (24). Armstrong develops his

claim by emphasizing two definite sides to an argument using thoughtful syntax and relatable

examples like, “Facebook benefits by collecting user data about our preferences” (29), and

“Facebook’s machines lead them to like-minded people talking in similar ways about the same

topics as dictated by the platform” (32). Armstrong brings up very well-thought out examples

which show how the increased visiting to social media increases our exposure to media bias; in

fact, Armstrong suggests that “when we increase the amount of time we spend on any one

platform” we increase “their statistics” (25-26).

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