Every day millions of Americans sit in front of the TV to receive news and current events about what happened that day. Unfortunately, most of the news and facts they receive have been altered in some way by someone at the news organization or by the journalists themselves. In the numerous news sources that cover world events on a daily basis there are some points of view that are denied in the face of the public. This highly opinionated and biased news coverage has been around as long as there has been news to report on. From the Second World War onwards there has been a steady increase in the number of news companies, which in turn has caused an increase in views on news coverage. Americans have this distorted view of current world events because owners and journalists deliberately influence the facts to reflect their view of the event, be it more liberal or conservative. The major news and media companies in the United States all have different political agendas that they must follow when reporting current events, especially the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. There are several reasons why news companies report tainted facts and information and some of these are more complicated than others. The first example is “bias, favoritism and one-sidedness. All of these are very present when news companies have strong support on one side” (Sloan, Burleson-Mackay 7). The second example is “the tendency and inclination that prevents a fair and balanced approach to reporting”. This is the most present reason why biases arise in the media. Especially news companies and owners present a constant point of view and influence every story, which is why it is difficult to get a fair approach (Sloan, Burleson-Mackay 8). The... focus of the article... the perspective of democratic theory." American Media and Wartime Challenges. Chaple Hill, North Caroline. March 21-22, 2003. Speech. Entman, Robert M. Framing: Toward the Clarification of a fractured paradigm. Tech.Print. "The portrait from Iraq: how the press covered events on the ground | Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ). " Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ) | Understanding News in the Information Age. Journalism.Org, December 19, 2007. Web. November 17, 2011. .Ryan, Tim. " Media Coverage Has Distorted the World's View of Iraqi reality."WorldTribune.com. World Tribune, January 18, 2005. Web. November 16, 2011."US Intelligence and Iraq WMD." The George Washington University. Ed. John Prados. National Security Archive, 22 August 2008. Web. 17 November. 2011. .