Bias in the Media

There is a fine line between what is considered opinionated journalism and what is considered propaganda. The professional and financial incentives of the media to slant one way or another I believe is understated in our American culture. The fact only a handful of corporate new outlets control the information given to the citizenry makes it clear to see bias is rampant across the board. The exponential polarization of the US political culture has created the bias to represented on both the extreme conservative nature such as Fox News as well as the extreme liberal nature such as MSNBC. My perception of the media is it is extremely biased in what ever it believes will give them ratings and thus profits. Fox News found an opportunity to make money by representing the conservative voice and MSNBC similarity found one for the liberal voice. Although the perception of what the media should be to the public is as objective the news outlets still lead the public to believe it does not slant their news.