Entry #3 Slanted reporting

     In U.S. news it isn't hard to find examples of biased news sources and dodgy reporting. One of these articles I found with slanted reporting is "Can Donald Trump *actually* un-endorse someone?" published by CNN. The article starts with informing the reader that Donald Trump endorsed Alabama Congressman Mo Brooks In April last year but recently has retracted his

endorsement. The article then makes assumptions about his character and why he retracted his endorsement speculating that it was because he is set to lose the election. The article says "But that's not really what's going on here. Remember the first rule of Trump: Always be a winner. And its corollary: Always associate yourself with winners."(Cillizza).  This is an example of bias because the author already has an opinion on Trump's character and is condemning his action because of it. Instead of reporting only the information present, the author added his own perspective which damages the credibility of the whole article. 

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Factual statements should be stated separately from opinions so that either doesn't cheapen each other. Having news stories that are purposely skewed one way cheapen the value of journalism. It is often more powerful to have the reader develop their own opinion and not have distrust towards the author play a role in their decision. Political affiliation has created distrust in news and further divided our country. Even something as little as saying Trump only wants to win can cause people to distrust other news sources and stick with one that reciprocates their views. 

Article: https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/18/politics/trump-mo-brooks-endorsement-second-thoughts/index.html