Summary

Owens opens On Media with the story of Amy Robach who gathered evidence about Jeffery Epstein and believed that her employer, ABC News, had kept the story quiet. The incident provoked questions as to why a media outlet would have kept the story hidden. One possible reason, Owens outlines, is “the men who accompanied him, including some of the Democrat Party’s most prominent leaders” (154). This story is similar to many other instances of an “allegedly ‘unbiased’ news organization” has displayed clear preferences and protections for certain party affiliations (155). Owens suggests that media organizations are obsessed by control, and this “propaganda-driven media landscape” has ultimately worked to further “black allegiance” to the Democratic Party (156).

Owens points to the Trump presidency as a further example of the media’s bias. She cites the story about the president’s diet, namely regarding the number of...