[PeoplesRepublicOfWashington]

I don't remember being aware of media bias until Reagan got elected while I was in grad school. I was shocked. Pleased, but shocked, as the media verdict was there was no way he could be elected. Since then the bias has seemed so obvious. Starting to listen to Rush Limbaugh--just hearing someone speak the truth--was another eye-opening event.

[lOKKI]

I first became aware of media bias during the Vietnam war - thanks to a shortwave radio my dad gave me.

First I'd listen to Voice of America for their war reports -
100 Vietcong killed; 5 Americans killed; 7 American wounded.

Then I'd listen to Radio Moscow or Radio Hanoi -
300 Americans killed, 1 Vietcong scratched a finger.

Finally, I'd listen to the BBC, who would generally fall somewhere in between the other two.


Ever since then, I've done my best to listen and read multiple opposing viewpoint sources and tried to triangulate between then to guess the truth.

[KDD]

I don't remember being aware of media bias until Reagan got elected while I was in grad school.

It became obvious to me during the first Nixon Administration.

"Indeed, in television news these days, the programs are being shaped to attract, most particularly, 18-to-34-year-old viewers. They, in turn, are presumed to be partly brain-dead — though not so insensible as to be unmoved by the blandishments of sponsors.

I suspect this part of his screed is true.