Lester Holts I Next: An Analysis

From the beginning of time, human civilization has fed upon the circulating world of obtaining, assembling, and broadcasting information upon a wide-spread scale. With sources ranging from the earliest form of publicized word to the current reality of active pictures and dramatic screenplay, society has been infused with an environment of news broadcast. Unfortunately, since the creation of television journalism, the overall goal has shifted from knowledgeable reports to pure entertainment. A platform once used to inform the audience of significant and impacting events has transformed into a network’s obsession with maintaining the audience’s interest. The target is not to keep the public well-informed, but rather to play upon America’s ever-shortening attention spans …show more content…
With a new president in power, tens to hundreds of governmental programs are succumbing to change. However, for healthcare, the stated change is far from progressive. As millions of American individuals are riding on high anxieties due to the future of their coverage, the GOP’s new health plan is looking to defund nearly 14 million of the insured. For those potentially impacted, NBC follows the fear and anger which has been brought upon by the freeze on Medicare expansion and the results of the presidential election through personal interviews. Back in Washington, Lester Holts brings forth yet another negative hit to a governmental program. However, the hit to the Marine Corps came as a result of a publicized scandal. With an array of nude pictures finding way to public eye via Facebook, General Robert Neller is receiving fire from a platform of senators. Nightly News with Lester Holt not only uses the broadcast to publicize the interrogation process of governmental brasses, but also calls upon America to recognize the marine corps’ dehumanizing nature towards women marines through the words of United States