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Bias and Moral Panics in the News and the Effect on Policy.
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... Bias and Moral Panics in the News and the Effect on Policy. It can be said that the news is not objective in its reporting, and most investigations of the news media are critical, either exaggerating stories or ignoring them completely. (Roshco, 1975, p3) This report will take the assumption that there is bias in news and look at the relationship between the news media, politics and the effect this can have on the public and on policy. The importance of situating bias will be discussed in relation to who owns the media outlet and where the sources come from. The issues concerning the public that are portrayed in the media will be looked at, as Tiffen explains "News responds primarily to two main influences: The development of politically consequential controversies and the occurrence of spot news, (accidents, crimes, disasters etc)" (Tiffen, 1989, p179) The contents in the media can often














