1) I do not think that objectivity exists in the news media because the media wants to continue coverage on subjects that is always negative..for example..the shooting of Trayvon Martin, this was a horrible accident that quickly turned to a hate racist crime. It was in the new daily, weekly and always negative turning it into something it may or may not have been. When Veteran Navy Seal Chris Kyle was shot, it was in the news for one day. The same is for politicians. The 2012 President campaign, all you heard was how Mitt Romney had made so much money but had paid in so little taxes. For my view, CNN is the most objective news. I have the app, I look at it online, and I watch it on TV. I think they have coverage of a wide variety of news. I don't feel that they are bias. As for the other news media, I am not familiar with them to say one way or the other.

2) I am not familiar with Rush Limbaugh, Keith Olbermann, etc. They do not have an effect on how I view politics. I have heard of Rush Limbaugh and how opinionated he is. I do not like talking little lone listening to someone who is very opinionated about politics, it is a way for me to turn the deaf ear real fast. I like to look at the facts and judge for myself.

3) I feel that media objectivity should be important. The media reaches out to different ethnicity, genders, age group, and different classes of wealth. They need to cover stories that effect the different wide variety of groups watching. It would be detrimental to a news outlet to only cover stories that only pertain to one social group. An example..our local channel 10 news does "Buddy Check 10" for breast cancer. It is not just women who watches channel 10 news. What is that was the only story they wanted to run? Not many people would watch, sure women would, but men would not.

Commented on: Ashley Pelfrey
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