Media+Bias

[|Borders Plans To Close 30 Percent Of Stores]

In recent news, it has been announced that "Bookseller Borders," a superstore location that put smaller bookstores out of business, filed for bankruptcy on Tuesday, February 15th, 2011. Borders was resting at $1.28 billion in assets and $1.29 billion in debt when they appealed for bankruptcy. Cautious consumers and other negotiations caused Borders to be a non-viable competitor in today's market. Books being bought from the internet and in grocery stores have impacted bookstore locations, leaving them not so well off.

This article can be classified as a non-biased publication because of the nature of its message. The article presents facts, not opinions, about the corporation and its downfall. The publication presents both sides of the story as best it can, leaving personal opinion and bias out of the picture.

[|Deficit Makes Up Largest Chunk of Economy Since World War II]

This article, a publication created and uploaded by Fox News, makes a claim that our current deficit is too high and that we should alter how our government is run in order to "fix" the issue. Economists also suspect that, with time, interest rates will rise and slow economic growth even more. The article also states that price rises and even more taxes may appear as new additions more frequently. Investors in the United States economy may become lacking, as well.

This article is highly biased, stating that smaller government and less spending, while promoting healthy doses of capitalism, will fix America's current debt. One of the most opinionated quotes in the publication, "so far, it hasn't happened. It's still cheap for the government to borrow money and finance deficits," just seeps opinion and makes Fox's viewpoint on the situation very clear. The article is aimed at attacking Liberal agendas and providing biased information to the people, hoping to sway public opinion.