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then why is there virtually no coverage of the peace rally?
This is an honest question, not trying to bait anyone. I really just wonder. And I do not believe it was the hurricane. I am pretty sure it would have been swept under the rug anyway.
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Where are you looking? I am seeing some coverage on online news sources, though it's not necessarily getting top billing...
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I don't know, I think since the hurricanes most things have been swept under the rug. That's all I see on the news. I don't think the media is politically motivated anyway, despite what people who can't stand seeing something falling in favor of their opposing view on occasion might think. I think it's money and ratings motivated, and whatever seems to be the more "likely" goldmine will get the spotlight.
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For one thing, I think that when it finally hit home what a complete wacko the current poster child is, and what a blatant anti-semite she is, they started getting a bit antsy.
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What Peace Rally. There was one recently in Khatmandu, one today in Israel and a few more. None received the same coverege as "Desperate Houswives" on my Newspage.
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Most of the information I've seen from people who have looked at the question says that while, yes, working journalists tend to be more on the liberal end of the spectrum, the ownership of media outlets - both print and broadcast - tend to be more on the conservative end of the spectrum. And ownership is where editorial policy is ultimately decided.
I think the bigger problem these days is that there is less and less coverage of real news from around the world and around the nation. It has been displaced in order to make room for celebrity news, sports, and other peripheral matters that would better be reported on the magazine shows and in feature articles than in the place of hard news.
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The news media isn't really liberal because they're too stupid to be liberal or conservative; they don't have the brainpower or the presence of will to try to advance an agenda.
I don't mean there aren't smart people reporting the news, there are -- but whatever interpretation they have of the market forces which determine how they report the news prevents them from even doing basic, real reporting, let alone picking sides.
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Right, which is also why I don't make exceptions for news organizations which are obviously extremist in their viewpoints, like Al-Jazeera or Fox news ...
They're meeting a market demand; it's got nothing to do with actual journalism or actual partisanship.
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"The news media isn't really liberal because they're too stupid to be liberal or conservative; they don't have the brainpower or the presence of will to try to advance an agenda."
I assume you mean the big "media," as I know very many bright reporters.
I think it is about tv ratings, though, and that makes me unutterably sad. When I see Anderson Cooper with his hurricane-windlblown hair, it makes me want to hurl. I search for a news program that will give objective news, and I cannot find one.
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Yes, Elizabeth, but much better Anderson Cooper than Geraldo Rivera. I just cannot understand why news organizations keep hiring that man. I would have thought his career would have been over after the Al Capone's vault episode, years ago.
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quote:Originally posted by raventh1: Tragedy sells more tickets than peace.
That's sadly true. It is the same reason that collectors of old newspapers and newsmagazines pay less for those with big tragedy stories than for those with big spreads on good news. Nobody thinks to save the good news.
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