Is the American Media Biased? What is Media Bias? How are we culturally, politically and socially influenced by the media? How are our beliefs, ideas and political consciousness impacted by what we view on the television, read on the internet and hear on satellite radio? Who owns the media and is it designed only as a profit motive corporate entity thus real programming unbiased programming is an elusive abstract concept. How are American policy makers impacted by media outlets who can alter, destroy and create a media darling? The American media has historically affected political campaigns and public policy has been influenced by how the press reports on an even, ie) The War on Terror.