Real Media Bias of 2016 Campaign

Media bias charges are being flung all over the place in this election.

Let’s lay out what is happening and how these claims are more smoke screen for our lawmakers to avoid real solutions.  Because after all, go the hashtag campaign we have, it is the solutions Stupid.

Some real facts to consider.

First, there is media bias -- but like everything else it is simplified -- to confirm the beliefs of all sides and not to find or confirm real facts.

Second, and in a strange way, I think Fox news and MSNBC have actually become less biased.

Third, if someone is making charges about media bias that usually means they are losing.

Fourth: The media has very little power to change minds.

Let’s dive into this a little more because it will be the foundation for what I am about to reveal.

Read these two books. The Righteous mind by Jonathan Haidt and Thinking, fast and slow by Daniel kahneman.

These are exhaustive studies on how we think and vote.  Let me paraphrase their findings – that this election has confirmed.

First, people are predisposed to being conservative or liberal. You are not going to change someone. They are just wired that way.

Second, most people look for confirmation to back their beliefs – even if real facts don’t match those beliefs.  Most Americans are intellectually lazy. They want be comfortable in their beliefs.