Identify three ways in which newspaper owners can have a major influence over what happens in the press.?

Question

subject: AS Sociology

Answer 1

The Washington Post tells lies, and people believe it. That's one

Answer 2

They can appoint staff (editors etc) that will follow their wishes in promoting (or otherwise) certain news stories. For example, to praise anything the labour party do, possibly ignoring things that go horribly wrong.

This "steering" or "interference" might happen on an issue by issue basis. A newspaper is likely to be owned by someone who wants to control what people read, not give an objective report on factual events.

Bear in mind that newspapers don't carry much news any more.
We hear stories on tv and radio. So they pad out papers with utter tripe. What Jade Goody is doing this week is not really news is it ?

Its long been a tradition to build up a positive story about a person, then demolish them. It sells papers.

An owner might want to raise a subject in a paper themselves, rather than reporting what someone else did or said.

Answer 3

1. Running biased stories in the paper or completely disregarding some events so as to show support for specific causes/ideologies
2. Writing from a biased perspective. Just report the facts and let us determine our own opinions (versus spoonfeeding)
3. Selective disclosure of details released in the paper that can influence the perception of how events actually played out

Answer 4

misrepresentation of facts..With holding certain news items..and making more of lesser items of news..And interjection of "news" that may or may not have happened..

Answer 5

all newspapers and electronic media is owned and controlled by filthy jews. end of story.........................................