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With all the different media outlets available today, it's easy to get up to date news about events occuring anywhere in the entire world. What's tricky these days is finding a media source that stays true to what the news really should be, unbiased and informative. Documentaries like Micheal Moore's Bowling for Colombine show us that America's major news networks are delivering information to us in their own way, showing us what will get us watching, regardless of if it's actually what we need to see in whichever way we need to see it. Bias is rampant in most of television news, and as a result, it's hard to see things objectively for many Americans today.

The internet is a good resource for news, but it's a double edged sword. Anyone can post whatever they want, and often, what we read on the internet suffers as a result. Because of it's accessability people don't always take the necessary time to ensure that what comes out is appropriate. However, there are websites that have made it their mission to deliver the news in the right way, free of bias.
http://www.ithp.org/ is a good example.

Printed media is another hit or miss sort of media outlet. It's often riddled with bias, but sometimes it's the only way to really get both sides of a story. Magazines like Rolling Stone try their best to be objective, but they cater to their audience, and their articles are almost always very liberal. While the topic may be well researched, you already know what they want you to think before you start reading.



 



    Stacey Anderson (Pictured Above), is a famous music writer known for her articles for NBC-New York and Spin. She's best known for her on-going three year position as Senior Associate Editor at the Village Voice. Her more famous pieces include a look into the reclusive Woody Allen's career, and even includes a rare interview. She also helms the recurring "This Week in Rock History" column for Rolling Stone. Her reviews for Spin magazine are insightful and well written. She's a good example of a contemporary magazine and periodical writer, accomplished and well-respected.
    Bell Hooks writes about a type of man that the world needs. This type of man needs to be a variety of things, but his education must come from somewhere. Feminist thinkers and female friendly media outlets are what is needed in order to begin a foward shift in our society's thinking. These men are, in specific, "empathetic and strong, autonomous and connected, responsible to self, to family and to friends, and capable of understanding how those responsibilites are, ultimately, inseperable." A large part of an individual's education these days comes from the various media outlets which exist. These outlets need to be ripe with the right, objective and intelligent viewpoints that are expected from a news or opinion source. Bias, Sexism, and Patriarchy need to be absent from what we ingest so many times a day. In order to become this better man, and have our future generations understand what these values and ideals mean, we must continue to strive for gender equality in modern news media.