AntiWar

     After reading from both AntiWar.com and The American Conservative, I was surprised to see the very adamant takes of what is going on in the world of politics. A lot of the biased information being covered between both websites is meant to support the conservative side of the political spectrum, which can give an idea as to why this information is not exactly covered by mainstream media. When it comes to large scale issues and topics, especially politics, the goal for mainstream media is to stay as neutral as possible. If the media is accused of taking sides, it would make them biased to one side, which really does not go over well with the public. While it is more understandable that information like this is not covered by the mainstream media on places such as television and radio, it does also interest me as to why the websites themselves are not public knowledge like a CNN or NBC News outlet. This could likely be because of the aforementioned bias towards the conservative demographic. Trustworthy and reliable news sources like CNN will not have a bias towards conservatives or liberals, and will tell whatever news story they are covering as neutral and as unbiased as possible. CNN knows that public opinion is very important, and that leading too much towards one political spectrum will cause them to lose the non conservatives in their audience that trust the news from CNN. From a non business standpoint, public opinion also makes it so that the most trustworthy news sites are sites that are not biased towards one side. If you are biased towards one political side, how will you know the full truth of the story without discovering the other half of the political side? Bias towards a side on the political spectrum could withhold important details that are not being shared because of the danger of it not supporting the political side that they want. I think you have to seek out antiwar websites like these because you would have to make an effort to have your view on current topics be biased in favor of one political side. It is easier to find sites like CNN because many people's first thoughts would not be to search out for information that is purposely biased and withholds information that could hurt that bias. I think the important thing to takeaway from reading both of these websites is that it is important to have non biased information in order to consider yourself a well-known and trustworthy source.