I chose to cover my blog post over activity 2. I’d like to clarify again that I really try not to take a general left or right stance when it comes to making my decisions and forming opinions. I try to view things from a neutral position and like to look at the different angles of a situation.

That being said, I do feel like this example may fit under news bias. The article I’ll be referencing can be found here: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/01/william-barr-no-evidence-voter-fraud

Upon my initial research, The Guardian comes off as an unbiased news source. It takes a few clicks, but an ‘About’ section can be found where you’ll find an article talking about ‘their mission’. In this section they state, “Independence means we can pursue a story without fear of where it might take us. We can expose corruption or foul play wherever we find it.” And, for the most part, I would say they do a pretty good job of keeping with the straightforward facts. Even this article really wasn’t that bad, however, I did find some spots where I feel they should have re-worded what they published.

Mainly, towards the middle of the article, there is a paragraph that states, “Trump has railed against the election though his own administration has said it was the most secure ever. He recently allowed his administration to begin the transition to Biden, but has still refused to admit he lost.”

Believe me, I get it. There is a substantial gap between the poll counts. We have yet to see any solid evidence that has surfaced of mass voter fraud which would have thrown off the election. However, it is not on the media to call the election. We still have to wait for congress to meet in a joint session to count the electoral votes, so for a news source to outright jump to the outright conclusion that this is over seems a bit unprofessional to me. At the very least, a little clarification on that end would have sufficed. I probably would have re-worded it as such, “He recently allowed his administration to begin the transition to Biden, but still refuses to concede in the election.”

In the end, I was actually really surprised with how open many of the websites were about their reporting bias. Quite a few websites made it openly clear they wanted to report from a progressive, Christian, Conservative, Liberal, etc., position. Many listed who their parent companies were and if they were non-profit or for profit. I did find a handful that did not offer any details on their positions, but mainly I just wanted to try and find something outside of the normal FOX or CNN criticism that we are used to hearing.