Most people would consider news stories to be fact checked and unbiased but with more and more access to facts, news media has become a target of scrutiny. There are several instances of the news getting the stories wrong or spinning it so that it fits the narrative they choose. In the 2018 mid -term elections three of the biggest news organizations gave a very different tone for the results of the election. Conservative news tended to focus on the wins for the president, “ the former Senator Rick Santorum, a Republican, said Mr. Trump would relish the chance to make a Democratic House into a target, calling it “a huge advantage.”, while liberal news focused on the losses. “Wolf Blitzer, CNN’s host, finally projected that the Democrats would take the House as the 11 o’clock hour began. He called the development “a very significant defeat for Mr. Trump.” This is an example of news organizations using ethos strategies to persuade their target audience.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com
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