Media bias is a charge that one often hears when a group less than favorable coverage. There are arguments about whether there is media bias and whom it favors and who is harmed by it. Media defenders argue that there are undoubtedly biased news sources but that overall there is no consistent media bias. Bias here would be defined as allowing one’s personal worldview -- be it liberal, conservative, radical, or reactionary -- to select, frame, and color the news. The defenders of the media argue that the very principles of modern journalism are such that, if followed, they reduce the possibility of conscious or unconscious bias.
