In July 2011, Ryan Holiday was reading an interesting article on Slate.com about Lindsay Lohan. She was in the news because she has posted a message on Twitter warning all of her users about the rise of inflation and the danger of the federal government. Lindsay had been paid to create this message and put it on Twitter so it would go viral. The purpose of this essay is to discuss the ethical violations that are at play within the media and how blogs writers are being tricked into using false information about celebrities and how the people behind the false information are making money from the media attention. According to the definition provided by Marriam Webster Dictionary (1828) fake news is frequently used to describe a political story which is seen as damaging to an agency, entity, or person. Also, is presented as news that the publisher knew was untrue at the time of the publication, but chose to …show more content…
This is unethical because it can hurt their relationship between their personal life like their own family members and also their reputation with their fans. People care because they are popular and want to be informed of what happens in the life of the celebrity’s day by day, but it can affect because in some cases it can cause a divorce. One ethical principles that could be put in danger is privacy, ethical because of the unreasonably placing another person in a false light before the public. Also, the ethical implication of not fact-checking or verifying the information. What could have been done differently do not put private life to the outside and not be a part of the media because that way people can live better and happier having their own little space because the damage done by the media can be irreversible special if they have
A Bestselling author and co-host of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” is a remarkably confident lady and TV-journalist Mika Brzezinski whose on-air protest between entertainment news & “hard news” received a large number of supports and fans’ responses on 26 June 2007 in which she had refused to read the news about a release of Paris Hilton from Jail rather she considered more important Senator Richard Lugar with President Bush on the war of Iraq breaking news. She stands on these issues rippled over the internet quickly and similar incidents continue on-air on July 7, 2010 on a report about Levi Johnston and Lindsay Lohan over hard news stories with the title “News you can’t use.”
In his essay, “The Good, The Bad, and The Daily Show,” Jason Zinser explores the vices and virtues of so-called “fake” news programs. “Fake” news, as Zinser explains, are those programs that blend newsworthy events with comedy. By examining The Daily Show, Zinser reveals both positive and negative impacts that “fake” news could have on society. As a result, Zinser concludes that there are benefits as well as potential problems with “fake” news programs but insists that the true challenge is determining the net impact on society. The essay, which first appeared in The Daily Show and Philosophy: Moments of Zen and the Art of Fake News in 2007, challenges experts on both sides of the argument who either claim fake news is for entertainment only or that fake news is an acceptable source for information on current events. On one hand, Zinser uses expert testimonies to support his argument that the end result is a better informed public but on the other, he makes logical arguments enhanced by examples to illustrate the potential impacts “fake” news can have on its viewers and mainstream media.
Stephen Glass, a writer at The New Republic, sparked widespread knowledge about dishonesty within the news, ultimately causing readers to investigate further about the topics that they came across. Prior to Glass’ insightfully imaginative publications, false stories were rarely challenged and almost never “debunked” (Bissinger). However, Glass masterfully exposed society to this new awareness: fabrications occur quite frequently throughout journalism. Building upon Stephen Glass’s fabricated stories, Buzz Bissinger, author of Vanity Fair’s article “Shattered Glass,” created a piece, which further discussed the escalating topic surrounding false news. Bissinger undoubtedly raised awareness about the detrimental impact that intentional fabricated news stories have on society. In doing so, Bissinger exposed Glass’s writing style and how his infatuation with success, subsequently led to the ultimate demise of his journalism career. Bissinger highlights that Glass was “one of the most sought-after young reporters in the nation’s capital,” he challenges his overall credibility (Bissinger). Through the analysis of Buzz Bissinger’s article about Stephen
After observing and researching all the sources portraying celebrities I have came into a conclusion that todays society it seems like all we want is to be accepted and we tend to look at other people and judge. Its not right, we all are different and thats what makes the world go round. It would be a pretty boring world if we were all the same. Celebrities deal with this everyday, I think the paparazzi know more about some celebrities lives than they actually do. They judge them for who they are and what they do, it is not right nor fair.
For Eonline, journalists unify the community. Journalists are the heart of Eonline, without them there would not be headliners for their members. On the contrary, biased reporting has been a slight issue with Eonline. Eonline loves to give their members the latest news but it should not be expense of favored opinions. In particular, an Eonline member, Alex Wenger, is unhappy with some biased articles on certain celebrities. In his blog Wenger compares articles from Eonline and TMZ. He noticed that Eonline is especially biased with celebrity Kim Kardashian. In an article, TMZ wrote: “By the grace of God, the 32-year-old mom-to-be somehow managed to stay upright in a pair of sky high stiletto heels.:” as Eonline wrote: “Kim chose an outfit that minimized the belly growth, and praised her curves”. It is obvious that both websites are biased in their articles. Biased reporting will contribute to members looking elsewhere for their pop culture
A celebrity is not a person known for his/her talent or achievement, but an individual recognized for his/her reputation created by the media. The phase of stardom is slippery, and media may choose to represent celebrities varying from exaggerated admiration to mockery. The three texts chosen, movie "Sunset Boulevard", feature article "Over the Hilton" and television show "Celebrity Uncensored Six" are texts presenting different perception of celebrities than their usual images - either corrupted by the encircling media, overloads oneself with self-indulgence, or just mocks celebrity in a broad spectrum. Such media items empower and impresses the audience by perceiving celebrities as people who pay the price of privacy to gain well knowness, signifying the vanity of stardom from the commonly accepted images.
Does the public have a right to know everything about a public figure’s life? If you turn on your television, the primetime program will have lots of news about celebrities. By the time you have to pay at the register at the supermarket, you can appreciate your favorite public star on the cover of a magazine, or if you open up a new window on the internet browser, a celebrity gadget will appear at the beginning. It is irresistible not to read about the personal lives of the various famous people with pictures, or watch what is happening in the showbiz. In fact, it makes entertainment for a while boring.
Photographing an individual whether famous or not in public will not violate that person’s privacy under the laws in most countries. Assuming the paparazzi isn’t assaulting someone or trespassing or otherwise doing something illegal while taking such a picture, he or she will not be violating the law. Public figures do not ask for a total invasion of their privitness .Few of us lead lives that are not classified into a newsworthy. Just because these people contribute to their profession in front of the world, it does not mean that they should be denied the right to privacy and respect. Therefore Paparazzi should be banned from exposing people’s private lives, any way they want.
Stints as a child model and commercial actress brought Lohan into the spotlight at the age of three. As she transitioned from childhood to adulthood, it was becoming much more difficult to make such an appearance in the media that she had as a child. “The mass-media sets the public agenda; they are the ones who, as a result of their social event selection and focusing system, assign the priority of the discussion topics on the agenda” (Pachef, 2010). Thus, everything she had done in her personal life the media had documented, making sure the public masses were aware of Lohan. From her drug abuse to her nightlife stories, the media had it. When she even knew she had enough, the media couldn’t let go because they had absorbed so much popularity and power from the public masses from all the stories behind Lohan. Instead of focusing on her recovery, she wanted to feed the media through her actions because it was her only choice to steal the spotlight. The media as well had distorted the image of Lohan on and off the screen, whether it was shooting a new film to having lunch with her parents, by making her look like this “Scarlet A” individual whom society dislikes. The mass media establishes the topics that are worth being acknowledged, and the public is interested in the topics that circulate in the mass media.
The gossip industry has become popular in the last few decades. Our society enjoys knowing about the lives of celebrities. We obsess over celebrities on gossip websites, and even obsess to the extent of stalking these celebrities. This industry has impacted our culture immensely. It has tainted our culture in several ways from creating bad role models for our children to making stalking an everyday affair; either way, the media has changed our society greatly. The gossip industry has brought new entertainment for our pleasure, but it has come with negative consequences.
benefit the fans in order to stay connected, but it definitely benefits the celebrities as well.
Fake News is constantly being written, permeating through television broadcasts, internet sites, and magazine articles. It seems that the amount of false news in the world is starting to overtake the amount of genuine information. This is indeed a problem, but not as much as people make it out to be. This is for a few reasons. Fake news is much like bacteria, there are both beneficial and harmful types of fake news. Beneficial fake news is usually
In today’s society, human beings feel the need to read about other people’s lives in order to be entertained. Rather than taking interest in other activities like reading or the arts, people take interest in celebrity gossip. Society takes an interest in celebrity gossip because it is entertainment for them or it makes them feel better about themselves. Either way, people are reading more on celebrity gossip rather than picking up a good book and reading that instead. Celebrity gossip is not bad since, in a way, it is a form of news, but with gossip websites such as TMZ.com and Perezhilton.com, these websites have no boundaries as to what they put on their pages. Some stories may be interesting while others are just
They want to know everything about them and have a desire for more information. Celebrities should have their right to privacy due to historical/practical rights, their invasion of privacy with paparazzi, and their childrens’ rights to privacy. They are ordinary people just with a famous role in life. Historical/practical rights are one of the biggest issues and it all started back in colonial America. In colonial America, privacy was constrained.