“After President Kennedy’s death in 1963, the television networks aired four days of commercial-free coverage of his funeral, burial, and other proceedings, costing them about $100 million in lost advertising revenue” (“History of Television” 1). From 1963, many things have changed within the news media from ads to the information given. Within the mass media, which is the entire array of organizations through which information is collected and disseminated to the general public, news media emerges towards the light, by provoking the public with new information about subjects of public interest. Ads are beginning to take over approximately 1/3 of news coverage stations, consisting of insurance, exotic trips, weight loss, medication, alcohol, …show more content…
electronics, etc. In 1963, during those four days, it was a rare occasion, because news stations are always trying to make a profit, and missing out on 100 million dollars is quite a big deal. Evening news alone does not adequately inform the U.S. citizenry because of not always touching on international news, increase of ads, and being partisan towards a distinctive party. Within the evening news, from 6:30-7:00 CNN was airing, another night 5:30-6:00 Fox News and PBS aired from 6:00-6:30 another night.
These news stations spent all of their time on air, without the inclusion of ads, on national news for the American public. The news stations, are beginning to fail in the guide lines for informing the public, which is they should be able to not only know what is going on nationally, but also internationally. The three news programs spent zero minutes on international news, and is a major flaw for the American public, because this prevents them from learning what is going on in other countries, which they might be waiting to find out on a subject from the news casters. From international news, the evening news needs to improve on covering this, because it is an enormous fault for not only the reporters, but also the American public …show more content…
itself. Not reporting on international news for the American people is a major weakness, but not the only one for their concern. Along the evening news stories, in 30 minutes approximately six to eleven of those were run for ads. Out of the three news stations covered CNN and Fox News covered ads, while PBS News Hour did not air any ads. CNN aired in 30 minutes approximately 10 minutes and 30 seconds of ads while Fox News aired about 6 minutes and 10 seconds. This shows the American Public that the news stations aren’t always focused on them, and they are again trying to make a profit to their own benefit. The reoccurring ads in the programs almost never pertain to what the reporters are talking about. Ads are a major disconnection to the public, because seeing ads come up almost every 5 minutes is not what the consumers wanted to see, they turned on their trusted media source to see the soft and hard news being reported, not what kind of alcohol they are going to buy next. Being partisan towards a specific party while airing news stories for the American public, should not be only frowned upon, but totally be removed from the evening news.
Thus, when American’s turn on the television for their evening news, they are getting the exact information from reliable sources about the scene, without opinions or twisting the story towards the news casters viewpoints. MSNBC’s reporting clearly favors the left (liberal Democrat) viewpoint. Fox News should be renamed RNNN (Republican National News Network) because it is in close alignment with the Republican Party and its radically right bias. Of all the U.S. news channels, CNN is certainly the most unbiased (“News Stations that lean Republican or Democrat” 1). These news stations, even including CNN which has very little partisan to a political party, should not have this option, because it potentially skews the information given to the American public, which is then possibly misleading for the
people. In 2016, over 200 billion dollars was spent on media advertising in the United States, and in 2017 it is predicted to rise up to 209.69 billion dollars (“Media Advertising Spending in the United States” 1). With CNN being mostly unbiased for news coverage, Fox News being far to the right, and MSNBC being far left, there will always be a different viewpoint to the American public for the evening news stations they turn to. The U.S. American public deserves to have unbiased information, that does not skew or interfere with the reporters stories, while also not watching ads for 1/3 of the segments that are airing, and lastly not only having national news, but given international news, but until this happens the evening news alone does not adequately inform the U.S. citizenry.
There are similarities and differences in how the authors of “American History” and “ TV Coverage of JFK’s Death Forged Mediums’ Role” use Kennedy’s assassination in their writing. The intended effect of “American History” was to entertain and show how TV news and news in general affects people. In contrast the intended effect of “Tv Coverage…” was to inform readers how John F. Kennedy's assassination affected the news. The author Joanne Ostrow and Judith Ortiz Cofer both use Kennedy’s assassination in their writing to explain how TV news affects people in a community.
In “Reporting the News” by George C. Edwards III, Martin P. Wattenberg, and Robert L. Lineberry, the main idea is how the media determines what to air, where to get said stories that will air, how the media presents the news, and the medias effect on the general public. “Reporting The News” is a very strong and detailed article. The authors’ purpose is to inform the readers of what goes on in the news media. This can be inferred by the authors’ tone. The authors’ overall tone is critical of the topics that are covered. The tone can be determined by the authors’ strong use of transitions, specific examples, and phrases or words that indicate analysis. To summarize, first, the authors’ indicate that the media chooses its stories that will air
Fox News is constantly being bombarded with accusations of media bias, furthermore, a number of different instances of have occurred which question the validity of Fox News (Groeling). These instances occur throughout normal news broadcasts. Some of the more recent, and grossly biased broadcasts, were from the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections. Historically the Fox News Channel is known to lean heavily to the right, or on the republican spectrum. President Barrack Obama’s political party is widely known to the public as being democratic. Statistically, to this day according to studies over 17 million households receive some form of the Fox News Channel (Auletta). The Fox News Channel is published through a number of different channels to its viewers. These channels include: Television, radio, newspaper, internet and more increasingly electro...
All pieces of information, unless hard fact, are biased. Bias may arise intentionally or not, but either way it is imperative that readers, watchers, and listeners are aware when they come in contact with media bias. Although it is unrealistic for the media to be completely objective in every issue they cover, media bias is a prevalent issue in the world today, and will continue on unless consumers of the media become truly educated about the world and its events. This is demonstrated in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, as all forms of media are controlled by the World State, in favor of the World State and the culture they have created.
Many people believe that liberal media bias is very relevant in this day in age, but really it is just a myth. Conservatives, also known as republicans, tend to forget that most of the American media is influenced heavily by corporate business owners(Schaller 49). Topics such as issues of war and peace, taxes and spending, and government regulation are heavily favorable to the conservatives. A study done by Media Matter for America shows that over sixty percent of U.S. daily newspapers publish conservative journalists rather than liberal(Schaller 49). On the other hand, it is obvious that some hot topics in the news are liberally skewed.
Today it seems almost impossible to get a straightforward answer on any major topic from the media. All sources of media have a specific audience that they are intending to hear or view the information that they have prepared, therefore they will cut bits and pieces out so that only the message they are trying to get across will be received. So indeed there is a media bias, and yes it more often than not slants towards the liberal view point, as many reporters and journalists have liberal views themselves.
A number of books and articles investigated the relationship between corporate and advertising interests and news coverage. In the May/June 2000 issue of Columbia Journalism Review, Lowell Bergman wrote an article entitled, "Network television news: With fear and favor." Bergman sums up his findings by saying, "Executives of the network news divisions say that they will report any story of public interest and import without fear or favor, without considering its potential commercial consequences. They say that, but they do not believe it" (p. 50).
The 1990’s proved to be a successful decade for America as far as its economy. Following the end of the Cold War, the American economy thrived: unemployment rates rested at a mere 4% as a result of president Clinton’s creation of twenty-two million new jobs and rescue of over eight million Americans from poverty. Similar to any other decade, the 1990’s also facilitated controversial loss for Americans. Following events such as the murder of abortionist Dr. David Gunn, Clinton’s impeachment, and the Columbine mass shooting to name a few, news stations continued to broadcast these events through their biased lens’ and skew the perception of the American public. In the mid-nineties, television network
... is too plain to see to ignore. With the preponderance of information available on the Internet, accurate news reporting is literally seconds away from decoding the spin and explaining the actual facts without as much bias as you will see on cable news. While we still rely on cable news for the visual images and constant analyzation of the news, we have built into our heads which channel is left leaning, right leaning or which one is attempting to straddle the grey area of the politically moderate. Unfortunately to the avid and siloed viewer, theses media channels are the foundation of truth that they need to continue on with their affiliations, political beliefs and moral convictions without worrying about having to change their minds - on anything.
The year is 2006,watching TV, you flip through the various news stations to learn about the recent news in Iraq, the majority of the news simply says that ‘x’ amount of soldiers or marines were killed in such and such attack. You don’t like what you are hearing so you go online to read an independent embedded (embedded refers to news reporters who are attached to military units) reporters story. Online you read that two new schools were built, and the Iraqis, supported by US forces, led an attack to capture an insurgent leader. The big media corporations such as FOX, NBC, CNN, and many others distort the facts that are on the ground. Small, mostly independent, reporters generally try to get a first-hand account of the situation on the ground.
...rs must report on the side of their financial backers. Newspapers and nightly news shows tend not have the bi-partisan qualities that they claim to have.
The elimination of media bias is pretty much impossible due to the fact that large corporations head the media, and the heads of most large corporations are white men, but by the implementation of certain strategies it would be a move in the right direction. Media bias is a problem, though it may not be blatant, it is serious because it could be helping to form people?s beliefs about others. People are scared of the unknown, and by giving them a certain portrayal of someone they have had no interaction with; it can have detrimental effects. Who knows actually what impact media bias has had on the nation as a whole. How do we know whether or not media bias has made an individual not get or even lose a job? How do we know how many friendships media bias has stopped from even being initiated? Hopefully one day we will be able to recognize what media bias is, only then will we be able to begin the process of fighting to put an end to it. Only then will we be able to create a fair, unbiased media that is diverse and one that encompasses the ideas of an ideal media.
...go on April 7, 1997. The announcement of a new archbishop for Chicago is clearly news. So are stories that reaffirm our humanity and the resilience of the human spirit – the drowned high school student, the 13-year-old boy and the 10-year-old girl struggling to come back to life from the brink of death – and, certainly, the story of an innocent 7-year-old girl shot down during a senseless act of violence. Stories of missing boaters and heroic efforts to find them are news as well. Even stories of aberrant behavior and politicians falling from grace are news. However, as I stated earlier, it is important to supplement TV news with other sources of information, e.g., a reputable newspaper, a weekly news magazine, or a radio news broadcast, for more in-depth coverage, insights gained from different perspectives, and any stories not covered in the television newscasts.
"People are more influenced by mass media than they think. What evidence is there to support this statement?"
Every morning when I get up, the very first thing I do is turn on the TV--but not for cartoons or MTV. It has become a habit for me to watch the news in the morning. I feel the need to know what is going on because I know that no matter where the news happens, 99 percent of the time it will, directly or indirectly, affect me or people I care about. The broadcast media has become a part of my life and the lives of almost everyone in the Western world. We may not know the names of our senators, but Katie Couric or Tom Brokaw are familiar names in every American household. Not many of us realize, however, that the job of the news reporter is not as glorious as we imagine. This paper will offer you a closer look on what goes on behind the TV screen or radio microphone.