Blog #3 Media bias, "Can it affect me"?

Pretty much everywhere you look nowadays when looking on a News source outlet, you will see coverage on some type of media bias. There are different types of media bias; bias by omission and bias by selection of sources are what media outlets use when they leave out one side or part of a story, or when they leave out a source that supports or disagrees on that topic. Insignificant reports or matters that are reported on, might not affect someone as much as when it comes to life changes and things that pertain with our government, state, or city. These one-sided, slanted, bias reports can influence somebody wrongly because they do not have the full information about that topic. For someone to really come to a full understanding of something; they would need to have opposing viewpoints like the pros and cons, the good and bad, the advantages and disadvantages of that topic. People may wonder and ask themselves, " Why does this matter to me? Well when it comes to big corporations, or government changes that affect people directly, or that can have an affect on the local community, these news sources need to give full information about the topics and not the one sided, slanted reports that wrongly influence people one way or another. These media outlets have too much power of influence that can be used for the advantages of good and bad; they have a moral and ethical obligation with that power, influence and information, to properly inform Society with that information. I think a standard needs to be looked at when these news outlets report on something, and up hold those standards or guidelines.