Bias in the news; Political

Bias is Policitcs-

Right wing; Conservative supporters, UKIP, BNP

• Papers such as The daily mail, The telegraph, The times, and the sun.
• Those who believe that what you earn from work is rightfully yours and should be yours to keep (anti tax)
• Those who have the best education and are rich/ wealthy deceiver to live a better quality of life (survival of the fittest)
• Believe in private health care and education and should be self paid for.
• Against wealth fare state such as benefits.
• In favour of Brexit.
• Anti- immigration.
• Many would have voted against equal rights and same sex relationships.
• Have Christian and Church beliefs.

The middle;

• Liberal Democrats
• The Independent
• Support aspects of both Right Wing and Left Wing.

Left Wing;Labour Party, Green Party, Socialist Worker Party, Communism

• Papers such as The Guardian and The Mirror.
• Believe in spreading the wealth, everyone being equal.
• Tax the rich more in order to hep support the poor.
• Support nationalisation, pay for schools and health care.
• Pro- Europe, Anti- Brexit.
• Pro-immigration
• Agree with same sex marriage, women's rights, etc.
• Care about the environment and climate change.

UK Press;

Have been described as being extremely right wing due to them being part of the population who have wealth and 'defend the status-quo they are part of', also if you do have left wing views the media will turn dramatically against you. - Owen Jones, Guardian reporter - March 2017.

Newspapers can be biased by a number of ways such as through the images they use, the graphology (layout of page), the title, stats, crowd counts, lexical choice and also the political side they support and write from.