Assess The Importance Of Accuracy In Spoken Language

Accuracy - Accuracy is vital for any reputation as a news provider. You have to ensure the audience has trust in your stories, if you consistently make mistakes and provide wrong information your audience’s patience will eventually wear thin and their interest and trust will be abolished.
Accuracy is vital if you wish to please and keep an audience, they will much prefer to read a story with straight facts rather than information that may or may not be true, for example, if you’re reporting live on a breaking news story and you are interviewing eye witnesses you have to remember that some people may not remember all the events as they took place and will often exaggerate or even make things up to provide an interesting story. Many interviews will have to take place with eyewitnesses to ensure you get the best possible …show more content…
It’s often easy for someone to become biased especially if they feel there is no room for another argument to pose, however presenters have to be careful not to make biased statements or judgements as it can offend some viewers. It is vital that factual programmes stick only to correct information and don’t make statements that support one side of the argument and not the other. A perfect example of a biased factual TV programme is ‘Supersize me’. That show is about exactly how unhealthy fast food and takeaways can be. They use facts and statistics to make up their show, however only focus on just how unhealthy and how bad that food is for you, neglecting the benefits it can have. The show probably feels that it’s better to have people aware of how bad fatty fast food can be rather than discuss alternative suggestions or times it’s acceptable to eat it. The show could potentially focus on what kind of people eat it and look into how you should enjoy it responsibly so you don’t affect your