In the news today, especially on the internet, issues written that are written about are going to have a certain bias. One of the reasons is because anyone can have website if they have a computer and the proper software. Therefore instead of getting one opinion, or one outlook on stories, news, debates etc., you can get both sides of the story and therefore make your opinion. On the four outlets of these stories you will see how they treat stories differently, or in some cases don't even carry them.
The minute you load up the MSNBC website you can clearly see that they have money. There site is very well thought out they give you options for local news and have pictures and the news is updated hourly. Same with the CBS mainstream website. They have advertisements options and it's a colorful, flashy site, showing they spared no expense. In opposition when you got to motherjones.com and world net daily you can tell th
at it's a small corporation or even homegrown. Its very plain but straight to the point. It's not that it's a bad web page its not nearly as flashy or professional. It has its options laid out with other web links as opposed to huge advertisements. So already the general appearance of the site themselves show a great contrast.
You can clearly see the difference in how this particular article was handled. This is an issue about the minority trying to fight to have Milosevic admit defeat and resign. Though the way it was handled by the mainstream sites was very nonchalant. Down at the bottom the page with little article to look at. It clearly show the Elite Democracy not really paying attention to a very popular belief, and in comparison to the multimedia. On the alternative page you have an interview with a young Serbian citizen saying her opinions and risking getting
When I load up the two mainstream sites the first thing I see
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