QUOTE: “If you pulled it off the
Web, that means it was an early version
written very quickly for immediate
use on the Web. I would bet I wrote
that version in a very few minutes.” An
opportunity for a reporter to provide
context, background, and depth for
the online reader is lost—an omission
under time constraints. Students will
find that such omissions are common
in news reporting."Response: I found this quote particularly striking due to the fact that our culture is so lost in the media that many of us would never even consider to doubt our sources especially from credible names such as national news or reliable websites. After reading it though it will most likely stike you as being the truth about all of this, after all isnt the whole media game about breaking stories first and making it more inticing to the reciver of the message in order to get higher ratings or have more people rely on them more than others to read or hear their top news stories? This idea is one that we really need to impress upon students regularly so that as they grow and develop they learn to research the information that they read or hear more carefully in order not to be mislead and enveloped in poor media.
What should be included in the curriculum is a project where students investigate different media sources and analyze their holdings, corporate executives, lobbying efforts, etcetera. The students could categorize the media sources and create a directory listing their findings.
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ReplyDeletePeople never even stop to think about how careless the media can be. They're in such a big hurry to have the breaking news that they don't even fact check.
ReplyDeleteDon't forget to cite your sources and provide an additional resource.
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