News is the communication of selected information on current events. It is shared in various ways: among individuals and small groups; with wider audiences; or in ways that blend those traits. Before modern technology came to help news to be broadcasted worldwide, even before the printing press started to produce newspapers, it was disseminated by town criers. People would have not known what is happening.
One of the thirty minute newscasts is CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley; NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams is the other broadcast newscasts. On the eighth of May, I have recorded and observed both of the half hour newscasts and I have astonishingly indicated several differences and similarities. Not only the two newscasts have a male news anchor and have more than ten (but have less than fifteen) news stories, but they also have exactly five similar stories; the first three stories are on the same chronologically ordered.
The first parallel story is about veteran affairs and why the veterans were not getting their benefits. (On CBS) One veteran’s relative was being interviewed, and she said that her grandfather have to wait for several days to get a checkup for his medications. (On NBC) One veteran’s family is suing a hospital for not conducting a checkup to their World War two veteran relative who pasted away with a stroke. The second story is a weather report, but it is not like your weekly weather report. The weather report is reporting about a tornado devastated Vilonia, Arkansas, destroying houses within its path and taking fifteen civilian lives. Another story is a search for Nigerian girls kidnapped for random. An estimated three hundred students was captured by Nigerian terrorists, the terrorists demanded that jail...
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...ited for the new drafts for the national football league, not interested about the players being drafted to their own specific teams because I only watch the Super bowl. Overall, the differences and similarities from both of the thirty minutes newscast did surprise me a little not because they have covered stories that people are willing to listen to, but because they did not show any sign of bias to each other.
On the contrary of the newscasts offered by CBS and NBC, a cable news program called “The Colbert Report” not only shows bias to other aired news, but makes satire news about them. Unlike the other cable news programs (like FOX or CNN, and the like), “The Colbert Report” is one of the programs that is on Comedy Central that shows a different (but a parody) approach version of conservative political pundits; the other is “The Daily Show with John Stewart”.
The New York Times uses a variety of ways to find information and catch the attention of the reader so people can discover what is going on in the world. However, one sided perspectives can come into play by reporters with or without their knowledge. This can be seen through many aspects like the headline, the tone, the sources used, and even quotes. Just like any newspaper, the employees of the Times work together in a collective manner. The reason for this type of setup is to try to give citizens the best possible way of reporting the news.
One of the major problems in the American media today is non-objective reporting which is also known as bias. This has been a trend since the early 1980?s and is very alarming for American citizens who watch the news for truth and honest reporting. Not only has bias been a problem in the broadcast media of ABC, NBC, and CBS, but it has also been a problem in mainstream newspapers such as The New York Times, The Sun, and The Boston Globe. For years, these media outlets have built their reputations on truth and now the trend is to lean left and not tell the whole story. Evidence of this has become very prominent in war coverage and election bias. Bias in the media is a big issue and causes lots of problems throughout the public such as losing trust in a once great source for news, people going elsewhere for information, being ill-informed, and leading to a low voter turnout.
The article, written by Bernard Goldberg, begins by talking about how television is most often used as a diversion from reality. It is then discussed that television can become more than a diversion, such as in times of war, terror, or tragedy. Goldberg focuses on examples such as the Oklahoma City bombings as well as 9/11. It is then proclaimed that on days such as these, we all turn to our televisions, whether it be Peter Jennings addressing the nation about the attack on our freedoms, or the story of Timothy Mcveigh blowing up a federal building. Goldberg then questions the process of connecting the dots in times such as these. A path is created through the statements of several television reports, resulting in the vastly believed connection that conservatism leads to anti-government rhetoric which causes Timothy Mcveigh to bomb the building. The argument is made that the media uses many categories to connect the dots that align with their agenda. Such examples include race, religion, sex, age, and politics. Lastly, Goldberg calls all television networks to report evenly so that the American citizens can connect the dots free from outside influence.
Through the efforts of globalization, television has grown to be more than just a source for the facts. Presently, television cable channel stations seem to be more interested in capturing viewers interest and ratings than reporting the most significant events of the day. More than likely, without thinking about it, viewers fail to recall that cable network stations are in the business of making money first, then attempting to keep the public “infotained”. In other words, keeping you well informed with quality news broadcasting while simultaneously entertaining you at the same time.
The two programs, a Current Affair (airing at 7PM on April 20th) and The Project (airing at 6:30PM on April 20th) both
It is of my judgment that broadcasting stations are fixated on the words, "breaking news." It seems today that any circumstance holds as current breaking news as highlighted by Psychology Today. "News programming uses a hierarchy if it bleeds, it leads. Fear-based news programming has two aims. The first is to grab the viewer's attention. In the news media, this is called the teaser. The second aim is to persuade the viewer that the solution for reducing the identified worry will be in the news story" (If It Bleeds, It Leads: Understanding Fear-Based Media, par. 1, 2011). Our emotions guide us through our anxieties and most of the time, things seem worse than they actually are. All the discussion regarding Mexicans are taking our jobs (PBS NewsHour, 20:48-20:54, 2015), and North Korea missiles heading for the Pacific border of America etc., are all heightened by the kind of media we consume. The intention of news is to inform us of what's occurring around us and possibly suggest solutions to how to cope or resolve them. However, the real question that should be asked of ourselves is, is it sensationalized or real news and does it seek to benefit or instill fear in its audience? Editor of the Atlantic, Molly Ball uses news outlet, The Guardian, in agreement and opens up about how the media is like a cloak of protection for Americans. When the anxiety is high, people crave protection (Ball, par. 9, 2016), therefore concise reasoning is almost
PBS goes into more detail about the breaking news and with longer strung out interviews, because it is a longer broadcast. Also, I could tell between the anchors this was a more liberal/democratic view of news. The network stations are only thirty minute segments which means the anchors only have a few minutes for each story they want to talk about. This allows them to only hit the high points and not all the details. As far as these networks being biased towards a republican or democratic point of view, at times this is easy to point out and other times the stories come out unbiased. Interestingly enough PBS and the network stations all had the same breaking news. Except for PBS who never spoke anything about the weather, like most network stations do. I think there are more short stories displayed in network news then there are on PBS. PBS tends to hit a few important stories but, talks about them for a long time, leaving not enough time to do short stories. All stations did include the same bits and pieces of president Trump speaking as well as Elizabeth Walker. The network news did not have time to do long personal interviews like PBS did. At the end of PBS and the network news all of the anchors did a simple, sweet story to lighten up the evening. Each one of these stories were different but, unique in their own way. This is the anchors way of showing that there is still good in the world. Not everything is dark and depressing. This adds a personal touch to keep fans coming back for the next news
Viewed as a star in the eyes of many, Murrow was asked to host a weekly television show, See It Now, a counterpart to his radio show, Hear it Now. Murrow had developed a strong sense of nationalism as he made an effort to capture stories of ordinary Americans. With this unique formula, Murrow was able to mold the individuals’ stories into influential commentaries on select political issues. Murrow produced a powerful special on Senator Joseph McCarthy, making him out to be a lunatic, exposing his Red Scare tactics. This was a pivotal episode on See It Now that would have a lasting effect on American journalism for years to
One thousand years go by and an abundant amount of people still view women in a stereotypical type of way. On the opposing view, if women did not overstretch the slightest of things, this wouldn’t be such an enormous issue. Women may be overreacting to what the media has to say about them. It is not affecting everybody but a vast majority of successful women from continuing to moving forward said Marianne Schnall. Important to realize, women are capable of doing jobs men can do. Such jobs as being an engineer, physician, mechanic, lawyer and even top notch business women! Up to the present time there is an ongoing public debate on women suffering from double standards. If it makes a female feel threatened or belittled than it may be sexist. A very interesting article this came to be because the writer had numerous accountants to keep her argument steady. A worthy writer brings up present time activities, statistics, and people being affected by the scenario and provides the reader some closure. With a devastatingly crucial issue such as women being shunned by the media, it’s not okay to have the ideas of other people in your work. In the article, “Controversial Hillary Cover of Time Illuminates Sexism in the Media” by Marianne Schnall, implies that the media is negatively affecting the chances of women becoming successful with all the sexism it is portraying. Marianne Schnall is a published writer and professional interviewer with many influential credentials that she in not afraid to use.
The documentary demonstrated how the media is consolidated and how it’s a problem for society. It states that all of media is owned by a few people who run it like a corporation. The video argues its point well, having creditable sources and interviews. It had interviews with retired new anchors and currently employed news anchors and reporters. The film says that the news is more concerned about rating and making money than the type of stories it puts out. It backs it up by using MSNBC’s To Catch A Predator as an example. It talks about how they had Bill Conradt, who was an assistant District Attorney, and the producers where very pushy about getting him to the house for the story. The video stated that the producers only wanted to catch him
The second thing to stand out to me was the press news updates that contently showed up throughout the story. They helped keep up with the timing of the event.
The main purpose of that event was to let people get different information about the violence and escapism in different areas of the world for them to know and decide their right way of living. One of the instances of violence which appeared on the screen was “NBC news report in 1968 that aired a shot of South Vietnamese General Nyuyen Ngoc Loan executing a captive on a Saigon street” (The Saylor Foundation, n.d., p. 396). In the same process, television broadcast conveyed other messages regarding diversity and politics. For instance, “After the U.S. Supreme Court sanctioned women’s right to abortion in 1972, divorce rates skyrocketed during the 1970s, as states adopted no-fault divorce laws, and the change in family dynamics was reflected on television” (The Saylor Foundation, n.d., p. 397).
News can be defined as newsworthy information about recent events reported by the media. The definition of news often has individual’s eager to dig a little deeper and question “what makes news newsworthy?” Naturally, journalists have an increasing amount of competition in this particular field. If there are multiple newsworthy stories in one day over a similar topic, many are bound to be dropped or delayed. Editors and reporters have to do their best to ultimately decide what is interesting, exciting, and unique about a certain story that will make it prominent.
The Representation of Men and Women in the Media Men and women are both represented differently in the media these days. Then the sand was sunk. Ironically it was even represented differently in the title of this essay. Men came before women! I am writing an essay to explain how men and women are represented in the media.
While a report’s main focus is to sum up the days events, relating in general to politics in the United States, opinions are discussed. And although this should not be what audiences focus on, it is. The influence of Journalists to the TV audience is inevitable. Although they present up-to-date news, their input and analytical perspective is what people tend to capture and convey to the public. In a sense, they create a world of news and controversy through their words. Moreover, Chris Matthews does just this in his nightly program of fiery debates and overviews of the day’s political spectrum. Through inside sources, factual debating, gaining trust from the audience and revealing specific opinion, he influences audiences nationwide, and in a way, takes over the minds of the audiences and the media, while still being a journalist and, at the end of the day, just “doing his job”.