Media Power & Bias . The Western media enjoys the widest freedom by global standards but the main concern is not to infringe the letter of the law. ..…

The 66-year-old Zurabishvili barely edged out Vashadze, 60, in an inconclusive first round in an election that international observers say was competitive but clouded by 'an unlevel playing field' and private-media bias. . ..…

Further, the media's bias makes it virtually impossible for reporters to investigate the role of human trafficking, slavery, and in funding and incentivizing the illegal flow of humans into United States.. ..…