Business of the News

In 1789, there were no political affiliations. George Washington, the first president of United States advised the country that they should not create political parties, because this will polarize the countries. In his farewell speech, in 1796, George Washington expressed his distaste for political associations. He stated that it was "formed in such a way as to pit one group of citizens against another." True to his words what do we see on the news?  Social media discusses these political parties, which seem to be in such dissension towards one another. We have conservative media and liberal media. We also have conservative lawyers and liberal lawyers. Now everyone is partisan, thanks to the media.  The media has watered up these dissensions by showing these partisan news. Now, no one can proudly say, I am an American. You are either a conservative American, moderate American, or a liberal American. Everyone is skeptical about discussing governmental and civil issues, without being branded as a liberal or conservative, or even a moderate. Therefore, you cannot address certain issues without people looking at you differently if you do not support their views.

We now have red and blue states. States are either blue, liberal states or Democrats, and red, conservative or Republicans. Businesses, hospitals, and workplaces have all become polarized. Congress has become so polarized that there is no common ground, and they fight against themselves, because of the game of politics, at the expense of our tax money. Sometimes Democrats have the same solution as the Republicans, but for the mere fact of injecting their own ideologies into these solutions, they drag out the debate on issues like immigration, health, climate solutions, and trade and commerce, and nothing is achieved, and even if something is achieved, it takes a relatively longer time.

Has the media played a huge role in aiding in the polarization of the nation? Let's check out this video of Rachel Maddow's interview with Jon Stewart. I enjoyed it. I hope you do, even if you don't, it's a great enlightenment on how the social media, news specifically,  is doing to contribute to partisanship in America.

Jon Stewart mentions in this interview that news should not be based on either liberal or conservative issues, but it should be something more general, that is passive, without these political ideologies. Most stories are accepted readily on the news if it falls into a left or right ideology. Jon Stewart also mentions that he would appreciate the news a lot more, if it could publicize information, without making it a liberal or conservative issue, but unbiased, and on issues like corruption or non-corruption.

Can we not discuss issues of America's well-being without being branded? Or we have allowed the media to dictate to us what it wants to show on the media?  Republican media, publicizes news for the benefit of their ideology, so as Democratic media.

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