Straight from the example on our directions, Walter Cronkite was once "the most trusted man in America." To say that about another journalist today would be blasphemy. Back in the Cronkite days, the facts were reported and that was it, however today that isn't the case. In the journalistic world of today, you need to have an edge over your opponent. Needing an edge over your competitor may be due in fact to the ever growing world of journalism. If people want to get noticed, they need to be different.
Being different is good and all, but not when it comes to the news and the facts. I don't understand the need to twist and lie about stories just to convey the news. To me, the facts are the facts are the facts and they need absolutely no changing.
I'm not too big into politics so I couldn't tell you who believes in what on Fox News or CNN, but I do know that most of the time the things they do and say are often products of either their imagination or the network owner's imagination. For example, news outlets owned by Rupert Murdoch are only going to portray Murdoch's ideas. To me, that is wrong to the umpteenth degree.
News reporting should be fair and balanced however that isn't the case anymore. CNN, Fox, etc are all sectors in a very biased and unfair world of journalism. http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1067
I do believe and agree with you when you say that they are biased, but to some degree they do give out facts. People nowadays will do anything to get noticed and to get money. I mean who wouldnt? Each news station is always competing to be the best out there, which will never change.
ReplyDeleteI agree with what you are saying and also with what Stacy says. I feel that the Walter Cronkite days are definatley over and there is no true emotion in what goes out as long as there are some facts said.
ReplyDeleteWalter Cronkite was and is still an icon. To compare news commentators today to him is just down right ridiculous. Walter knew how to present the news and give the viewers what they wanted. He asked the interviewees the questions that the viewers wanted to know. Today, you do not get that from many news commentators and it is pretty sad
ReplyDeleteCommentaries are very different today from when Cronkite was broadcasting. I really believe the only reason they exaggerate the facts is to try to stir up debate. When you mentioned that they need "an edge" over their competitor I completley agree that's the reason why the truth gets twisted. People in today's world should want to watch theses shows for the truth then maybe they could create their own opinion and not just refute or go along with the opinions of these commentators. Their minds are just following a thought that someone else has generated. Americans are very much becoming followers.
ReplyDeleteComentaries are also good to me because I like to hear about the behind the scence action
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