Megyn Kelly On Bowe Bergdahl Analysis

Many people working in the news media claim that the press gives a perfectly objective and unbiased portrayal of events. Even the most sincerely objective reporters and editors express bias simply by choosing what facts to include and what to leave out when writing news stories. In the reporting of Bowe Bergdahl, bias can be seen. The report done by Megyn Kelly on Bowe Bergdahl shows more signs of bias then the report done by Jake Trapper. Through careful analysis, Megyn Kelly’s reporting seems more biased based on the emphasis of the story, tone, and the sources, words on the screen and the pictures on the screen. When watching the report done by Megyn Kelly on Bowe Berghal the audience can see that the report has more emphasize on one part of the story than reporting from Jake Tapper. For example, when she keeps stressing the question to a spokesperson from the State Department about, “If it was worth it to trade Taliban commanders for Mr. Bergdahl?” This question is more off topic and can be misleading because the

The reason Megyn Kelly chooses this part of the story was because people watch the program may have a strong conservative view on the handling of terrorists; it aims at assembling an audience that shares its point of view as Megyn Kelly. Questions like “What was the motive to leave his post?” or “What is the diplomatic protocol call for such actions?” There are more effective tactics to get straight answers from someone from the State Department. Megyn Kelly asking the wrong questions to the spokesperson can make he or she seem ignorant to the audience. Also, its misleading because of the question itself is stated as an opinion based question, not as a fact-based question. The proper way to ask a question in news report is to appeal to a universal audience by its non-political, objective point of view of the story and its commitment to reporting only the facts.