A
slanted article is a personal point of view or opinion: an article with an
unconventional slant. This means that the reporter or writer is sharing their opinion
on the matter. For example, there have been multiple instances with President
Trump, while in “immigration talks” in the oval office he got very aggravated
and said, "Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?".
This is considered a “slanted” statement because he openly called
these peoples home a s*** hole. He didn’t take a second to think about what he
was saying and possibly say it a different way that wouldn’t be as offensive. Another
example may come as a shock to some, but many of the most watched news broadcasts
and reports can be biased as well. Fox news has been known to be on the right
side of the spectrum when dealing with political parties. The left side of the
spectrum is more liberal, this side shows that MSNBC, New Yorker State, and The
New York times are more biased towards Liberals. On the Right side there is,
Fox News, Drudge Report, The Blaze, and many more. This means that they are geared
more towards the Conservatives. Then there are the more neutral news stations,
such as The Wallstreet Journal, CBS News,Yahoo News, etc. The middle
is average and they don’t direct their broadcasts or reports to either side of
the spectrum.
By
having a biased or “slanted report” you are basically giving people false
information or “fake news”. This affects the readers or listeners by either not
giving the full story and making them believe something that may not be true. The
credibility of the sources that have slanted reports goes down because they are
sharing their own opinions into the report and making it opinionated or biased.
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