As I read Chapter 11 in Rodman I came across a section concerning media bias in covering politics. Political bias in the media is an interesting topic. Each side of the political spectrum has their own organizations which measures the amount of political bias in the news media. Rodman pokes a little bit of fun at these organizations citing that the “anti-Republican AIM claims for example that 80 to 90 percent of mainstream media consistently vote for democrats . . . while liberal organizations such as FAIR say that media often have a conservative bias.” (376-77) these comments lead to a question posed in the text by Rodman “should reporters give up political involvement, including party registration and voting?’

The idea of having journalist drop political ties in the name of journalism is the wrong way to approach the problem of media bias. In the Rodman chapters he not only talks about blatant political bias but also what is known as the “Creeping Bias” (379). This bias is a “subtle form of slanting that manifests itself in understated ways such as placement of stories, the choice of photos, and the captions that go with them.” (379) Rodman answers his own question that eliminating journalist’s political ties will not stop media bias. There is a natural bias everyone has towards political issues erasing their political ties will only leave educated voices out of the voting and political process.