Wyoming citizens believe that the media is incredibly biased, both in what they report and don’t report. This disturbing trend has attracted attention from other media professionals and organizations across the country, including the Society For Professional #Journalists who tasked Rod Hicks with diving into the issue. He hosted a series of discussions in Casper over 6 months.

Several issues on bias were raised by the citizens, particularly regarding the wording of some articles. For example, the use of “pro-choice activists” to refer to pro-abortion persons versus the use of “pro-life believers” to refer to people with anti-abortion agenda, and the accusations about Former President #Trump on collusion with Russia.

The media professionals denied any existence of bias on their side towards Former President Trump, and others with conservative ideas. It was an excellent step for the journalists to meet with citizens, and they realized that the public didn’t really know how the media operates and or much about the reporting process. Hicks believes there is a great value when the citizens get to know how the media persons do their job.

Unfortunately, the meetings were not successful, and the public's opinion of the media did not change. It was evident from the start that the public saw the mainstream media to be politically biased and against conservative viewpoints. This is why the media chooses to air and print some news, and disregard other stories. By so doing, the press ignites the fires of political divides among the people. The media has a duty as a watchdog, and when they are partial, they are not fulfilling their duty.

How the media operates, and how the people view the media, remains to be a contentious issue. It is evident that there is a sour relationship between the media and citizens. Wyoming media outlets are biased and not representative of its citizens, if it were the citizens would feel differently.