American journalists

reputations. C. Mitchell Shaw reported about CNN’s actions against Trump, “CNN declared war on him. In an apparent effort to discredit Trump and bring him down, the titanic news network seems to have overestimated the maximum dosage of fake news the American viewer can consume.” (Shaw). CNN tried to spread fake news about Trump in order to ruin his reputation,…

mentioned in the television shows many times. That cause people to believe tornadoes are much more harmful than asthma, which kills fewer people than tornadoes. Another example is a poll used by the author, the author said: “a large majority of Americans follow news about Isis closely, and 77% agreed that Islamic militants operating in Syria and Iraq pose a serious threat to the existence or survival of the United States.”. The author uses this example to explain negative news can have the worst…

The mainstream media holds an important role in the distribution of information and the construction of criminality and the criminal justice system. Public perceptions are formed by journalists and news reporter’s portrayals of victims and criminals in the news media. They focus on the drama of the crime story rather than the content, resulting in the skewing of reality. Within the context of Canada, a researcher at the Université du Québec à Montréal revealed that 95% of news reporters use the…

What are scare tactics and why do people use them? A scare tactic is a strategy that intends to influence the public’s opinion by arousing fear or anxiety on a specific issue. We see scare tactics every day when we watch the news. News stations use scare tactics because it simply boosts their ratings and people tend to pay more attention to the negative things than the positive things. The order in which information is presented is important especially when using scare tactics. To have an…

A second story that is equally deserving of recognition is a story from Bell’s book entitled “I’ll Die with the Words on My Lips.” It is an incredible story about a journalist by the name of Lelenne Gilles. Lelenne begins her story by talking about how as she was a child, she would always be deeply disturbed by the fact that so many kids her age could not afford to go to school. She would always speak up about this and ask teachers in her school why things couldn’t be different. When she got…

Bias is present in all forms of media and can be seen in everyday life. It is the act of forming a preconceived opinion in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another. Sometimes these forms of bias are considered to be unfair because they often only favor one side. In being biased and only favoring one side or idea, one does not take into consideration other people’s beliefs. If others do believe differently, a bias thinker will claim that the other is wrong. Bias is…

Often in history we make ourselves seen in a certain light with how we prioritize the media. But the documentary “Control Room” demonstrates a realistic view of the acts committed during the Iraq war by having it recorded and later televised with two conflicting viewpoints. The documentary utilizes the media in filming a historical account of both views on the Iraq war as a way to educate the people with context that they can apply to the moments of terror during the war. Due to most conflicts…

News stories are biased because of how they are interpreted by people and what the media chooses to include or not include in their stories. This makes it biased. We all receive information and think about things differently. It’s not the news that presents the events differently, it is the individual and their understanding of the past and present that forms their opinion about the events presented. Therefore, bias in the news will always be there because we all view and interpret information…

News operations work through ethical dilemmas on a regular basis (Regulation, Legal Issues, and Ethics, 2011, p.246). Medoff and Kaye note, at times, broadcast stations that produce local news are pressured by people to either cover or not cover a certain story (2011, p.246). Ethics remain pervasive and challenged through a variety of deceitful tactics such as in paying for interviews, recreating news events, a using unnamed sources, or playing dirty tricks which in turn taints the station or…

During Josh Awtry’s presentation, being the executive editor of the Asheville Citizen- Times, he discussed how an individual who’s inspired to be a reporter must compose his or her cleverness with certain writing skills. A reporter should be able to write words and construct a piece without many grammatical errors or punctuation errors. He also mentions that they should desire curiosity. A reporter must be willing to find out why something like this occurs and how can I educate the public…