Exploring Media Bias: Causes and Global Impact

Media bias has become a controversial issue between countries these days. People have been wondering that they should believe in what they have seen on screens or disregard them as biased news. This paper is a response to Global Democracy and Western Media Bias - “Us vs. Them” by Suda Ishida. It discusses agreements in paragraph 1, 2 and 3 which are the causes of media bias, how Thaksin controls media and the example of Thai global democracy. It also states insufficient treatment in paragraph 1 which gives another cause that leads to media bias as well, and lastly, omission in paragraph 3, which is the definition of global democracy. The article focuses on the reasons that create media bias, the example of it in Thailand, how Mr. Thaksin Shinawatra

As it may help other readers to understand when the author picked Thailand as the country where is lack of global democracy, the definition of it is needed. To explain, global democracy can be defined into two different meanings which are the way that most countries see democracy as the best political system, and the rights of equality that every person in the world is born to have (Holden, 2000). However, the example in Thailand, which the author picked, is absolutely genuine. To clarify, some racists have existed among Thai people. To illustrate, Thai people have specific words to call foreigners such as “Kaak” for Indian people, “Aye Murd” for African people, and “Laos” to describe others as stupid (Ungpakorn, 2014). This example shows that Thai people judge others as “outsiders” by their races and the idea that they do not count foreigners as tourists or even one of their people. To be specific, foreigners in Thailand hardly get rights of equality, which they are born to have, in Thailand. Thus, the definition of global democracy can make people understand more, and the point that the author mentioned about global democracy in Thailand is definite. To summarize, the article is totally beneficial for readers, as it contains many reliable causes about media bias, and examples in order to prove the points. Nonetheless, there are some points that the author were omitted and forgot some details that are absolutely vital. Furthermore, to suggest, in order to reduce or stop bias in media and conflicts, journalist should be more neutral, the accused countries should be calmer, and lastly, people in every country should base their perspectives on global