is media responsible for making the news or breaking the news? what is the line between the two and how can one differentiate them?
2006-12-21 13:48:52 · 11 answers · asked by oz 2 in News & Events ➔ Other - News & Events
The news came first, word of mouth etc. Media picked up on this idea and makes a fortune by sensationalizing it.
2006-12-22 04:32:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends.
If we are talking news organizations here, the media is responsible for breaking the news. But if the media becomes overzealous or for some reason end up as part of the story (i.e.: cameraman killed in Iraq), then they become the news themselves.
It's really an unspoken boundary when you see a story being told or an interview happen. However, if something controversial happens within a story that is too big to cover up, other media sources run with it
2006-12-21 13:59:36 · answer #2 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The news had to come first to have any media to report it. That is if you are talking about the people who report the news when you say "media." Because news can mean the same thing as media, all depends on what context you put it in. But definate the news first.
2006-12-21 14:00:53 · answer #3 · answered by thumper 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The news came first obvisouly, because without news there would be no media to report it. However, the media decides what is considered news. They decide what stories to cover and what not to, what to go in depth with and what to gloss over. The news is there, the media reports what they consider the most important bits. So, essentially, the news came first, but the media controls the news.
2006-12-21 13:58:13 · answer #4 · answered by ~*Bubbles*~ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
News is happening at every second around the globe- it is the person-through word of mouth or the Media, who brings the story to world attention.
*Events and incidents make the news.
*The Media brings it to the world's attention.
* The TV Channels ( The media's medium) break the news to the public.
2006-12-24 05:20:29 · answer #5 · answered by VelvetRose 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
News came first. Media came second.
Responsible media covers the news, breaking or not.
The fine line is ethics and integrity.
One must have ethics and integrity to identify them.
2006-12-21 13:54:54 · answer #6 · answered by D.A. S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Funny to read that by D.A.S. :
News came first. Media came second.
Responsible media covers the news, breaking or not.
The fine line is ethics and integrity.
One must have ethics and integrity to identify them.
Source(s): I am a journalist
Well, I wonder where this guy finds all those characteristics in the press today. He must be a journalist on Mars. Funny like journalists always pose to models of integrity and give you lessons of morale. Then you read their papers or watch TV and you are confronted with biases, partisan views, hatred, libel, privacy invasion, distortion of facts, under coverage of important facts.. Well it must be what they call integrity today...
2006-12-21 14:41:05 · answer #7 · answered by Mimi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The news. No news no media. People love to talk about events, happenings and even gossip. The media just reports the news.
2006-12-21 13:55:02 · answer #8 · answered by allanbabes 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the media came first before the news.
People getting all tricky to make Money of course!
Kind of like milk before cereal, and music before instruments, and death before dishonor.
2006-12-21 13:59:32 · answer #9 · answered by Tropicalboy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
whats the difference?
2006-12-21 14:28:03 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋