CNN’s bias in the election
By: Marina Andric
Tags: Elections, Biden2020, Trump 2020, Bias, Cnn

by Marina Andric

In pretty much every political election, somebody on one side or the other is guaranteeing that this is the main political decision in the course of their life. In this case, it’s true; we’ve never had this many people vote in an election. On the off chance that you turned on any of the news over the recent days, you are overpowered with pictures of diagrams, guides, information, and all the fundamental numbers about the political decision. While I was observing CNN on Tuesday night around 9 pm I took notes on the images on the screen and the way the reporters delivered information to the viewers. CNN, owned by Turner Broadcasting System, is known for being “team blue” which means they’re pro-democratic, and this was very evident in the election coverage. That night I truly realized how big of an impact the news media has on people’s opinions. CNN clearly preferred one competitor over the other and boosted Biden’s image for the entire hour and attempted, in every way possible, to make Trump seem like a joke.

There was such a great amount of bias present in the selection of pictures themselves. There was one picture that specifically caught my eye; It was a picture of Joe Biden at one of his rallies, looking super presidential and wearing a mask. After this, they flashed one of Donald Trump at one of his rallies where he looked as if he was yelling and had no mask on. This makes Biden seem more considerate for the health of the people at the rally by wearing a mask and just overall looking more presidential. The opposite goes for Trump. His picture makes him seem like he doesn’t care about the health of others and is yelling at reporters and/or his supporters. It overall ruins his image and makes it seem as if he’s some malicious person. Him not wearing a mask also supports the stereotype that Trump supporters don’t believe in covid and are more likely not to wear masks.

They later started discussing how Biden was currently at a meet regarding COVID19. Apparently, he was going to come up with a “smart and effective plan” to utilize if he becomes president. This is showing viewers that he cares about the country and wants to be prepared if or when covid cases increase and a potential second wave hits. They then went on to bash Trump by saying he’s just relaxing in the white house. Viewers will get the impression that Trump isn’t taking an initiative to prepare for a second covid wave. This makes him seem very unprepared for protecting his country.

In addition to all of that CNN continued pushing that despite the fact that Trump was winning in certain states on Tuesday night, that the battle of the milestone states isn’t finished. Trump was winning by over 5% in Pennsylvania, but the reporter wouldn’t acknowledge it; he just went on to say how there are many mail-in ballots to count which are mostly “going to be for Biden.” In every possible way, they attempted to have it seem like Biden was going to win and that Trump had no chance.

Not only were they completely biased towards Biden but they never included both sides to the story and not once did they include a positive thing about Trump. There are so many positive things he has done for the country but not one was mentioned. Nor did they mention any negative things about Biden. This should not be seen as the news isn’t supposed to display any predisposition towards a candidate. They’re supposed to provide unbiased information from both sides and allow individuals of the United States to settle on their own choices. I’m certain that if the news began delivering unbiased information, numerous people’s opinions would change since they would have the opportunity to develop their own feelings on the candidates.