The two media houses, Fox News and CNN have endeavored to be factual about their reporting, despite differences in perspective.
However, as reflected herein, news-based media houses seem to be kindling the flames instead. It is imperative for all opinion leaders to try to mitigate the tension. With the next presidential election coming late 2020, political tension in the nation is palpable (Younge, 2019). From a legislative perspective, the Democrats have a majority in the House of Representatives while the Democrats have a majority in the Senate. The 2016 presidential elections worsened the division as the Democratic Party candidate won the popular vote while the GOP candidate won the College vote, thus becoming the 45 th president of the USA. It is common knowledge that US politics is divided mainly between conservatives led by the GOP and liberal led by the Democrats (Younge, 2019). The primary importance of the Ukraine call whistleblower issue lies in its ability to exacerbate the political division in US politics, more so through the presidential impeachment. The two media houses are, to their credit sticking to the facts of the issue but they seem to go out of their way to establish a perspective that favors their respective political leanings. Conversely, through its article Cohen et al., (2019), liberal-leaning media house CNN reports the issue in a manner as damaging to the president as possible. Through its article, Pappas (2019) conservative media houses such as Fox News reports the matter in a manner that is openly favorable to President Trump. The issue has also created a division in the media. It is alleged that the president sought an investigation against leading Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden.
For the sake of perspective, there have only been two presidential impeachments since the advent of the USA! The current move to impeachment stems from a whistleblower report about a phone call that President Donald Trump made to the Ukrainian president. The United States of America is at a historic crossroads as it might see a second presidential impeachment in just over two decades.
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