There's always someone famous in the news because of some scandal. Recently, it's been people like
Brittany Spears, Lindsay Lohan, Mel Gibson, and Charlie Sheen. The media can earn lots of money on these "Guess what s/he he did now" stories. I'm not going pretend like I don't enjoy hearing about these people's escapades; it's fun to see how they live, be flabbergasted at their behavior, or admire their unabashed courage.
What I don't find appropriate is when the media passes judgement on those people's action. Sure, you may find it bizarre the way Mr. Sheen acts, and that he has two girlfriend, but it is not the media's job to tell us what to think of him. I enjoy them reporting about the celebrities, and most of the interviews (when they are unbiased), but I don't want them to tell me what to think of him. Of course, it is a different story when they commit a crime.
That's just my personal opinion of how a good, legitimate news source should behave though, of course they have done nothing wrong.
There's nothing wrong with a news source having a "left or right swing" to it, but they shouldn't pretend to be fair if they do. Another thing that bothers me, regarding media bias, is when a biased news source attacks another news source by claiming they are biased.
In my opinion, however, the job of the media is to present information to the masses, and have them interpret it the they will.
So basically, I just want the media to be what they claim to be. If they are going to be biased, theres's nothing wrong with that, but they shouldn't be hypocritical and claim that they aren't. If their target audience is a certain political party, then they should admit it, not claim to be unbiased and attack another source for their bias towards another party.
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