Do you think that the news media does more to expose or to cover up?

Question

Does it lie through omission?

If a crime is commited, and on investigation it becomes obvious that it was a "job" done by The System, does the news media tend to follow through with the case or sweep it under the rug?

Does the news media publish enough pictures of the front row thieves?

What is required of candidates to obtain and to hold onto a job with the media?

Answer 1

I think it exposes

Answer 2

First, Follow the money trail. If it is an affiliate of the media outlet (say how GE and NBC are connected) then the issue will be ignored by that media outlet. Wallmart is an easy target, the media outlet will always report on bad news about them because there is no affiliation. A strange example is when Ford had problems with rollovers on Explorers a few years ago. Stats show similar vehicles from other manufacturers had the same rollover rate, so follow the money trail and see if we can figure out why the problem was reported as exclusively a Ford problem and not what it really was - a high center of gravity problem.

Second. If it is a political figure, see how the media will report on similar crimes committed by two politicians of different parties. The bias is wrong, whichever way it tends.

Third. If it is a friend of the local outlet, the crime won't be reported. An example in my town is that the Mall advertises on the radio, and muggings that occur at the mall go unreported by that radio station's news team. Does this sound like journalistic incest to anyone else?

No the media does not show enough pictures of the thieves.

Unfortunately, to hold onto your media job, you will just have to do what your boss says.

Answer 3

the media, to an alarming degree, seems to be making up its own news at this point. I stopped watching. One reporter was reporting a flood, and was in a kyak in the streets that had been flooded. In the background two men wald by. The water was about ankle high. Another time there was a plane hijacking. The media had reported the full story with details on motives involving the pope and such...BEFORE the plane had even landed. AFTER the plane had landed, it was a completley different story, and the media had some super fast backpeddling to do. I'm not even sure if many people noticed since the "invented"story broke about mid day, and most people are at work about then. I think creative writing and a lack of morals along with any sort of sense of responsibility is a pre req for holding a job w/ the media. Although most people seem satisfied being spared any actual thought and enjoy being spoonfed through a filtered medium.