Who owns the 6 media giants?

By 2011, 90\% of the United States’s media was controlled by six media conglomerates: GE/Comcast (NBC, Universal), News Corp (Fox News, Wall Street Journal, New York Post), Disney (ABC, ESPN, Pixar), Viacom (MTV, BET, Paramount Pictures), Time Warner (CNN, HBO, Warner Bros.), and CBS (Showtime, NFL.com).

What is electronic bias?

In electronics, biasing is the setting of initial operating conditions (current and voltage) of an active device in an amplifier. A bias circuit is a portion of the device’s circuit which supplies this steady current or voltage.

What are some claims of media bias in the United States?

Claims of media bias in the United States include claims of liberal bias and conservative bias. Such claims have increased as the US political parties have become more polarized. There are also claims of corporate bias, bias in reporting to favor the corporate owners of the media, and mainstream bias,…

Is the New York Times left or right media biased?

For example, on this chart you will see The New York Times Opinion is rated as a Left media bias, while the New York Times news is rated Lean Left. Fox News Opinion content has a Right media bias, while Fox News is Lean Right.

Why should we make media bias transparent?

Making media bias transparent helps us to easily identify different perspectives so we can avoid being manipulated by partisan bias and fake news. This improves our country long-term. Media bias has contributed to Americans becoming more politically polarized.

How is the Allsides media bias chart™ different from other bias charts?

The AllSides Media Bias Chart™ is more comprehensive in its methodology than any other media bias chart on the Web. While other media bias charts show you the subjective opinion of the one person who made it, our ratings are based based on multipartisan, scientific analysis. We use multiple methodologies to rate bias.