Subject:
1. The idea that journalists do not provide a negative slant on their political reporting is false. This is because the issues they report is not proportional to reality this inevitably leads to an innate negative slant in political reporting. For example, the selective nature of the media to choose stories about scandals over stories covering the small triumphs of everyday politics inaccurately represents the true effects of Congress. Therefore, selective reporting leads to inherent negative slants. 2. Yes, it is important for citizens to understand political tactics in a campaign but the media overemphasizes these tactics because they spend more time on discussing the tactics than the actual problems and issues the nation faces.
