Does the media, both print and broadcast, report fairly?

Does it ever cross

the line between reporting the news and creating the news? (Sample
should contain 275-350 words).

This is a controversial question considering that media outlets are highly

commercialised nowadays. This means that media reporting is more likely
influenced by certain political leanings and ideologies of people who
support media companies financially. This is particularly true in terms of
reporting political or social news. Media bias or biased reporting is
particularly apparent in countries where there are major opposing parties
such as the United States where political and social views are determined
by the ideologies set by the Democrats and the Republicans.

Media outlets tend to milk on this dynamics, especially prior to an election

day or when there are news items that invoke extensive attention, such as
the death of George Floyd, wherein most media agencies proved to present
news one-sidedly. They often reported news in support of George Floyd and
African-Americans. Thus, media outlets delivering news either through print
media or broadcast media have to take a side when reporting news in order
to gain following or to support the opinions of those who keep their
operations afloat.

Reporting in print media or broadcast media is, by and large, unfair not
because of the journalists who gather and distribute the news but because
of the news agencies they work for. In fact, a study by Pew Research
Center found that 60% of Americans believe that it is possible for
journalists to set aside their views when reporting (Walker & Gottfried,
2020). But this does not mean that print media and broadcast media do not
report unfairly. For as long as media outlets have political learnings or
‘financial interests’, unfair media reporting and creating fake news are
always a possibility.
 Reference

Walker, M. & Gottfried, J. (2020). Americans blame unfair news coverage on

media outlets,

not journalists who work for them. Pew Research Center. Retrieved
from the Pew

Research Center website:

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/10/28/americans-
blame-unfair-news-

coverage-on-media-outlets-not-the-journalists-who-work-for-them/