Thursday, March 5, 2009
The Media and Public Responsiblilty: What Counts as News and who Decides?
People have different opinions of the responsibility of the media today, but in my opinion, the media's main responsibility is to inform the world of the "TRUTH" in issues happening in the U.S. and all over the world. In the short essay that we had to read, it said that the Bush administration did not approve of picture of dead soldiers from the Iraqi war. My view on that statement is that as long as the families consent to the picture being shown then it shall be shown. Every little detail shall be known and not hidden from the public. We live in a world where things happen everyday and we as a public should know what is going on around us. The things that occur in this world affect people and the way we live. My only problem is the media exaggerating to get a better story than the rivaling news media so more people would watch or listen to their news info. It is like the boy that cries wolf because today's media has led me to not believe in everything that I hear because of several stories that are exaggerated and then you hear the real "TRUTH" about it later.
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I agree the media is becoming more about ratings and being the best. They are beginning to care less and less about feeding their audiences the truth. It hard to find reliable media sources in today's society, you are better off drawing your own conclusion about what actually happened.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the media does exaggerate some of their stories to catch the attention of their viewers. This, like you said, is not okay, because the news' job is to tell you the truth about what is going on in the world.
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