According to James Madison, “nothing could be more irrational than to empower people and deny them information, without which power is abused,” suggesting that people have a right to learn popular information and learn both sides of an issue (Paul and Elder 2). However, in modern society, the media often does not present both sides of the issue and is often inclined to disguise information for their own personal benefits. Therefore, people often learn and understand only one aspect of an issue and inevitably lean towards the biases present in that news account. Undoubtedly, mainstream media coverage influences the majority through its biases and propaganda, especially its partisan audiences, who appreciate only one side of the news. Therefore, although news networks may claim that their news programs and publications are completely fact-based and credible, their coverage of news events is politically, commercially, and racially biased. Mainstream media coverage of events is politically biased, due to the numerous instances when news networks support one party (liberal Democrat or conservative Republican) and slant the issue in that party's favor. For example, NBC News reported that the Affordable Care Act was “cheerleading” and viewed the law positively (Lawrence). Since NBC is a major supporter of the Democratic Party, its views are obviously skewed toward liberal and supportive views of Obama and his policies. Furthermore, this positive perspective of the law only attracts democrats, and masks the other perspective that carries the disadvantages of that law, showing the presence of propaganda, instilling liberal views in its unsuspecting public. In contrast to…half of the paper…int.Baron, David P. “Persistent Media Bias.” Journal of Public Economics 90.1-2 (2006): 1-36. Direct science. Network. December 1, 2013.Lawrence, Andrew. “Fox advertises weekly special on Obamacare, but describes NBC as 'propaganda'” Mediamatters.org/. Media Matters for America, September 30, 2013. Web. December 2, 2013. Lin, Yu-Ru, James P. Bagrow, and David Lazer. More voices than ever? Quantifying media bias in networks. Publication. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 2011. More voices than ever? Quantifying media bias in networks. Opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/, 2011. Web. 1 December 2013. Paul, Richard and Linda Elder. How to detect media bias and propaganda in national and world news. Np: np, nd Criticalthinkingforbusiness.org. Foundation for Critical Thinking, 2006. Web.Stay, Byron L. Mass Media: Opposing Views. San Diego, California: Greenhaven, 1999. Print.