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The media is not meant to provide a representative sample of news to
suit particular political views in proportion to the population. It's
mean to provide impartial reports which allow an informed public to
make their own decisions.That is how you would like the world to be, not how it is. The media isn't 'meant' to do anything. Individual media companies and organisation will pursue their own objectives; those that are for profit entities will pursue the objective of maximising their owners / shareholders returns.
Murdoch is always cited as the dark hand - have you ever considered that his papers take the line they do because they seek to reflect the views of their readership? Case in point - the Sun was pro Brexit, the Times anti; the Scottish Sun was pro Scots independence, the Sun against.
Those on the left struggle to countenance this, as they prefer to believe that the media creates false consciousness. How awful it would be if all these poor lambs actually thought these horrible things - rather than being told to think them by the press!
Corbyn's problem isn't a media bias against him - it is a popular bias.
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Interesting post, but my point was simply about measuring bias. And it's not what "I" want. Journalism is a profession with it's own ethical code.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journalism_ethics_and_standards
It may be out of date/obsolete, but that's what I was referring to.
The media is not meant to provide a representative sample of news to suit particular political views in proportion to the population. It's mean to provide impartial reports which allow an informed public to make their own decisions.
Having said that, I think the way the PLP organized the resignations was done purposefully to keep the coup in the news. So there may be room to argue along the lines you've put forward.