Journalists have contravened the ethic and standard of practice in the media radar. It is expected that media report facts, and they be linked to a coherent narrative, but it is sometimes not possible. The practical limitation to media neutrality is that they cannot report all the available stories and facts. Consequently, it is not challenging to recognize media bias and propaganda. To some extent, preference is expressed when media openly become partisan in support of individual political divide, ideology or belief.
Articles by media houses contain a lot of bias. For instance, the article titled, “What you eat” by Elizabeth Bernstein is biased. It was released on 18/4/2018. The article is written from a study that was conducted by Rush University Medical Center on what reduces depression. Not bad at all. However, the words used are of high predilection. In the light of this, the article referring to processed foods as unhealthy is uncalled for (Bernstein, 2018). At least, to pull down the prejudice, referring to them as processed food is exceptional.
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Similarly, this article, sourced from the Daily News article tends to subscribe to the use of natural food and the abolishment of processed food in the interest of depression. As such, it demystifies the benefit of refined food while promoting total adoption of a vegetarian lifestyle. Since the report has it that vegetables and fruits lower depression, it is no wonder then, that it has referred to refined foods us unhealthy (Bernstein, 2018). If I were to report then, I would expressly avoid mentioning other foods, but stick to the study.
A line in the article reads, “You are feeling depressed, but the psychiatrist and therapist do not ask what you have eaten” (Bernstein, 2018). As such, this line suggests that they do not know how to diagnose the cause of depression. It is despising. Reframing the line to read positive by abolishing the negative word ‘not’ removes such bias.
References
Bernstein, E. (2018, April 18). Study shows what you eat helps fight depression. Retrieved from https://www.studentnewsdaily.com/daily-news-article/study-shows-what-you-eat-helps-fight-depression/
Eberl, J. M., Boomgaarden, H. G., & Wagner, M. (2017). One bias fits all? Three types of media
bias and their effects on party preferences. Communication Research , 44 (8), 1125-1148.
