Media Reporting

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Media Reporting

Media outlets are a significant source of information about political violence (Miller and Sabir, 2012). For that reason, firms offering media services, for example, Al Jazeera, BBC among others are faced with the immense responsibility of bringing concrete and objective information to the general public. Therefore, in comparison most of the media outlets while reporting political violence; the reports of violence do not match the actual rates of violence, for example, both CNN and Al Jazeera covered the post-election violence in Kenya were what they reported differed from the reports of local media outlets in Kenya. Additionally, the disproportionate coverage of particular types of political violence victims results to the public associating violence with minority status in the society. Consequently, the pattern of reporting political violence differs due to the resources allocated to media services or the political bureaucracy that suppress exclusive coverage on violence. 

Conversely, the media services have been labeled antagonists due to conveying the biased news that creates negative perceptions. For instance, CNN and the New York Times have been accused of media bias on the Israel-Gaza conflict with protestors stating that CNN propagates anti-Israel media...