2007-09-21 04:32:06 · 14 answers · asked by MSW2010 4 in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
I think they may. They need a story. It has to make sense and they have to be able to write it. In every story, there are errors. They are not always intentional. In fact, they may not be intentional. But it's stuff like this which makes me not understand how some people can be so black and white when there are so many shades of grey. Nothing is absolute. We have to question and seek answers. We have to realize that there will always be more questions as we acquire more information.
2007-09-21 04:38:00 · answer #1 · answered by Unsub29 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I was a newpaper reporter and editor for 40 years before retiring five years ago. I can honestly say that I NEVER met a reporter who distorted fact to improve his or her story. Newspapers make their money through advertising, not the number of papers sold. However, it is true that circulation figures can influence advertising rates.
This I can tell you for sure. The people who say that reporters distort the facts in a story so that the paper can make more money are completely wrong. Sure, reporters make mistakes because they are human and there are those supermarket tabloids that are full of just plain lies.
But the media as a whole is fair. End of sermon.
2007-09-21 16:58:56 · answer #2 · answered by hokielover01 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The general public hungers for news.The media serves them.Thus, the life of the media is dependent upon the way it presents the news.
When there was not so much of competition nor so many aletrnatives,media was bound by its code of conduct.
Now its survival and growth lie in its art of 'dressing up.'Some sensationalist presume that if, facts are not disorted, the news would be insipid.
2007-09-23 02:41:36 · answer #3 · answered by The Tribune 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. They report the facts they need to support their side of the story. They leave out the facts that will make it more balanced. Don't we all do that to make our stories fit what we want people to know?
2007-09-21 11:49:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I watched this happen all the time during my tour in Iraq. I was in a brigade HQ and we had CNN running in out TOC 24/7. It was amazing just how distorted, defeatist and unbalanced their reporting was/is.
2007-09-21 11:42:17 · answer #5 · answered by MikeGolf 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely.
2007-09-21 11:52:19 · answer #6 · answered by sakira_starwolf 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course they do. They also will use their imaginations. Most of them will do whatever it takes to make up a good story. Especially if that story makes a republican look bad or a democrat look good.
2007-09-21 11:40:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
absolutely. since it's their job to get a good story and have a lot of people read it, i think that they will stop at nothing to make up nonsense for people to read- whether it's the truth or not.
2007-09-21 11:40:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Most definitely know they have to get peoples attentions it's just plain negativity. Every once in while they have something positive or inspirational to say. That's why i don't watch it anymore. Get in your bibles!!!
2007-09-21 20:29:18 · answer #9 · answered by KBLand25 J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes almost always. bad news sells good news does not
2007-09-21 12:00:44 · answer #10 · answered by justin p 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋