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Do you think that they exaggerate or blow stories out of proportion in order to sell stories?

2007-02-06 15:40:31 · 6 answers · asked by Linda L 2 in News & Events Media & Journalism

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Look at the news stories coming out of Iraq.

If you believed the news media you would think that we are losing.

If you talked to the servicemembers who have actually been there you would learn just how poor a job the media has done.

2007-02-07 05:37:14 · answer #1 · answered by MikeGolf 7 · 0 0

Unfortunately, our media has deteriorated. I find that so called reporters do not impartially report the news. They create the news and then report it as fact. Anything for a story. It doesn't matter if the facts are not there. Think of Dan Rather formerly with CBS and how out of personal pique about the Bush family, he went ahead and published a red hot story about George Bush and his military career. Everything had to be retracted, because the documents were all false. As I said, anything for a story, it really doesn't matter if its not true.

2007-02-06 16:27:00 · answer #2 · answered by Alfie333 7 · 1 0

Obviously they only have limited amount of time to report stories and do need cash to keep things running. It cost lot of money to compete and run giant news org. It is balance of public service and corporate interests. People claim it is shifting toward corporate/money interests, but I think that is also exagerated as well including all the circus with 'media bias' angry complains.

And because of late hightened sensitivity with media bias people look for any, slightest signs of distortions and so called 'lies'. After all people do make mistakes and have opinions that can manifest into their work. It's not just media that is driving all this criticisms about media. Media may have changed, but it is never going to meet that super high 'objectivity' people now demand. People seem to not see the larger picture. It's always instant everything, make me happy, Fox bad, CNN too liberal, Murdock crazy... liberal news propaganda... etc.

2007-02-06 16:53:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

there is a thing called black out order ,i have on on all my realtime activism the media just cant tell about it.
basiclly they must have an angle then it goes to the cencer then editor to the lawyers well you get the picture
certain advertisers get editorial a[pprovals and ds approvals then the news reader must read the script
occasionally [hah] the spin merchants get a bite as well.
all our nes is well vetted [vetoed] and then some
but we get a more balanced story by reading different nsoursces because each media outlet has its own levels of cencorship
thus seek multiple sources to get most of the facts
but none gets through with out some attention
yahoo is gfor egsample the only open and fair source i have found and ive stopped wanting to know.

2007-02-06 16:23:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Yes, absolutely, 110%.

Drama sells papers. If you can push fear and terror and scare people enough, they will become addicted to the news. Look at the US after 9/11!!! If you can dramatize a celebrity fight/makeover/rehab/face-lift, it becomes all that interesting.

I don't agree with the practice, but it's definitely used.

2007-02-06 18:10:51 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 1 0

NO Question about it........ do a review of the NY Slimes, er
NY times.

2007-02-06 15:49:36 · answer #6 · answered by westbergindustries 2 · 2 0

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