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Is The Independent really independent.
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Journalism Issues JN2031 Assignment One/Task 1 Introduction: 'I don't work for Colin Powell, I work for a British newspaper called The Independent; if you read it, you'll find that we are.' (Robert Fisk, writer for the Independent)1 From the above one can learn that The Independent, supposedly, is an independent newspaper sitting in the centre of the paradigm (McNair: 1998), hence one may assume that the Independent is void of overt and covert bias, neither leaning towards the left nor to the right, although many academics argue this view claiming that the Independent is not totally impartial. Newspapers are 'arenas' for diverse groups of ideologies to articulate opinions and political debate (McNair: 1998); a claim by any to newspaper to be totally void of bias (covert/overt) is far fetched. Reporters for The Independent relay information with out mixing facts with opinion; hence identifying bias in this newspaper is a seemingly difficult task. The Analysis: The Palestinian/Israeli...
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