This article discusses the patent bias of many journalists and opinion piece writers when it came to the US election. The writer of the article states that the press are supposed to retain some impartiality and balance, yet in the US that wasn’t the case. Many media outlets carried their support for Clinton to delusional excess – such as the Huffingpost, which on the eve of the vote it eagerly boasted that the chances of a Clinton victory were a exaggerated to 98 per cent. Conrad Black, a newspaper publisher made a similar point about CNN. "For any disinterested observer it looked as though there was a deliberate editorial policy to favour Clinton in every way imaginable". According to the article the media has taken to being so left-leaning that its patent bias has become self-defeating for its own ‘help the left win’ goals. Wikileaks helped expose the 96 per cent or so bias towards Clinton of journalists, and polls revealed that the vast preponderance of Americans thought the media clearly favoured Clinton. The writer of the article also mentions the influence of celebrities, who were mainly in favour of voting for clinton "my guess is that every time a big star urged ‘the deplorables’ to vote Clinton the opposite happened and Trump gained a few thousand more votes.
I believe this article highlights the disillusionment within the media and the bias that is also taking place. Although many media outlets endorsed Clinton, which is percieved as a positive thing, it is simply just another form of bias it has only made the audience more oblivious to the real politics that is taking place. Social media and celebrities have also had a similar impact, due to social media simply being another echo chamber
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