To put it bluntly, Politico.com seems to be a conservative website focused on covering as much news as possible regarding politics and everything that falls underneath that category. This can include any political races, and scandals within the government, or even just wrap ups of the latest speech. The site seems to like to ask the reader their opinion on the situation, but skews the perception to the right. Some examples of some titles include 'Chris Christie wise not to run?', 'Whispers on Hill: Romney or Perry?', and 'Did Obama try to save Troy Davis?'. Though they set it up for the reader to make up their own mind, there is a subtle vibe of conservatism within the articles.
Again, the conservative point of view can be found in various places across Politico.com as they reference Fox News frequently. Most of the articles that are found within the sites boundaries involve a mistake or a misconception of a Democratic candidate or position holder. The site may claim to not have an opinion, but using phrases such as 'Obama bristles' or 'Obama's testy BET interview' point towards negative connotations of the Democratic party and Obama in general.
Videos are all over the site along with pictures where videos are not. There is an entire section dedicated to political videos, which is considered the new way of receiving technology. Watching videos for the readers is a way for them to receive information from the politicians themselves. Some examples of these videos are found here http://www.politico.com/multimedia/.
In general, the site is a good source of information, but reader beware, the information is opinionated and questionably reliable. Take caution before believeing everything that the site releases.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Fox versus Huffington Biased/Unbiased Regarding Obama's 'Decline'
Of course it is biased!
Fox News is well known for their right wing views of political controversy. Though the information is clearly targeting the decline as Obama as a president and the future of him as a potential candidate for the next election, it brings up some interesting points which should be addressed.
According to the survey, 54 percent think the president is unlikely to recover from his setbacks.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/09/06/confidence-in-obama-slipping-to-new-lows-as-campaign-season-ramps-up/#ixzz1X9ZGHBlr
This survey was conducted by NBC News/Wall Street Journal.
The same poll showed Obama's overall approval at 44 percent, and his approval on the economy at 37 percent. Worse, only 19 percent think the country is going in the right direction. It's the lowest rating yet for a president who galvanized an historic coalition of supporters on a message of hope for America.
-Foxnews.com
Based off these statistics, Obama is clearly on the decline in American's hearts and most hope has been eliminated from people's mindsets as Obama promised more than he could deliver.
An interesting thought I'd like to point out is that Foxnews.com is using statistics from other sites almost as if they aren't being biased, but don't be fooled. It is clever, but not overlooked by many readers that Foxnews.com chooses only bad statistics about Obama to bring an impression to their articles that Obama is failing extremely hard in all aspects.
Based off the Huffington Post's article regarding Obama, they both completely agree that Obama's future doesn't have much 'Hope' to back it up. Like Foxnews.com, The Huffington Post uses other sources statistics and graphs to back up their story without a Biased interpretation from the readers. One can assume that if positive polls came out about Obama that the Huffington Post would share this information while Fox News would hide it or distort it for the readers of their respects sites.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/09/06/confidence-in-obama-slipping-to-new-lows-as-campaign-season-ramps-up/
and
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/06/obama-polls-congress-all-time-lows_n_950521.html?1315329758
As you can see by the titles; Confidence in Obama Slipping to New Lows as Campaign Season Ramps Up (Foxnews.com) and Obama Polls Congress All Time Lows (Thehuffingtonpost.com). Indubitably, it is clear the their is a negative connotation from Foxnews.com's perspective and a rather unbiased perception of the event from Thehuffingtonpost.com's perspective. Fox uses words such as confidence and slipping, while Huffington just spits the facts.
Both Posts share the same information, but the wording and perception both posts share are skewed differently. Hopefully for Obama's sake he can find a way out of this predicament or it is now looking too good for him.
Fox News is well known for their right wing views of political controversy. Though the information is clearly targeting the decline as Obama as a president and the future of him as a potential candidate for the next election, it brings up some interesting points which should be addressed.
According to the survey, 54 percent think the president is unlikely to recover from his setbacks.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/09/06/confidence-in-obama-slipping-to-new-lows-as-campaign-season-ramps-up/#ixzz1X9ZGHBlr
This survey was conducted by NBC News/Wall Street Journal.
The same poll showed Obama's overall approval at 44 percent, and his approval on the economy at 37 percent. Worse, only 19 percent think the country is going in the right direction. It's the lowest rating yet for a president who galvanized an historic coalition of supporters on a message of hope for America.
-Foxnews.com
Based off these statistics, Obama is clearly on the decline in American's hearts and most hope has been eliminated from people's mindsets as Obama promised more than he could deliver.
An interesting thought I'd like to point out is that Foxnews.com is using statistics from other sites almost as if they aren't being biased, but don't be fooled. It is clever, but not overlooked by many readers that Foxnews.com chooses only bad statistics about Obama to bring an impression to their articles that Obama is failing extremely hard in all aspects.
Based off the Huffington Post's article regarding Obama, they both completely agree that Obama's future doesn't have much 'Hope' to back it up. Like Foxnews.com, The Huffington Post uses other sources statistics and graphs to back up their story without a Biased interpretation from the readers. One can assume that if positive polls came out about Obama that the Huffington Post would share this information while Fox News would hide it or distort it for the readers of their respects sites.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/09/06/confidence-in-obama-slipping-to-new-lows-as-campaign-season-ramps-up/
and
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/06/obama-polls-congress-all-time-lows_n_950521.html?1315329758
As you can see by the titles; Confidence in Obama Slipping to New Lows as Campaign Season Ramps Up (Foxnews.com) and Obama Polls Congress All Time Lows (Thehuffingtonpost.com). Indubitably, it is clear the their is a negative connotation from Foxnews.com's perspective and a rather unbiased perception of the event from Thehuffingtonpost.com's perspective. Fox uses words such as confidence and slipping, while Huffington just spits the facts.
Both Posts share the same information, but the wording and perception both posts share are skewed differently. Hopefully for Obama's sake he can find a way out of this predicament or it is now looking too good for him.
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