American History: Yellow Journalism or Senastionalism?
We will be studying William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer and the effects of their newspapers on turning the country toward war with Spain. Do you think that the media today, influenced the public towards the current war in Iraq? Do you think the media is currently trying to influence public opinion about other issues? Is there a way to make a media that is unbiased in its reporting?
5 points for your opinion about the questions listed above. 10 points if you can include a quote from a media source that shows bias.
5 points for your opinion about the questions listed above. 10 points if you can include a quote from a media source that shows bias.
posted by bcoffman | 4:37 PM
5 Comments:
I believe the media is very bias in means of reporting on the war in Iraq... everything you hear from the media is how many people are shot and killed & how many families are damaged forever because of a loss. Well its funny they never share anything good that happens. But if they do, they always turn it back and compare it to the bad. Take when we captured sadam, everyone was excited that he was finally caught, but then the media starts saying, that’s it...? That’s what we went to war for? To capture a man hiding in a bunker...? Then they start throwing all of these rumors out, such as Bush just got into the war to get his oil because he has been in the oil business for years. They run away from everything the holds some kind of good truth. This anti bush/war in Iraq bias in the media defiantly effects the public opinion because that’s all the insight on the war the people have... and telling them all these bad things and no good, they're all going to turn away and think the same. Which then in turn takes support away from the men and women who are in the war fighting for this country, who OFFERED TO GO TO IRAQ!!!!!(The draft isn’t in place.) The media also does this with other issues such as every time you turn on the news all you hear is people getting shot, kidnappings, hit and runs... but the you never hear about the good things people do daily. Commercials do a great deal of this too. Cigarette companies promote them as good and act like it’s the cool think to do, the same with fast food. But the leading cause of death in America is heart disease, which both smoking and fast food contribute to greatly! I see no change ever in the media... because what they want is rating and money... and by using these tactics and bias’ that’s what they get!
RYAN DAHM
Iraq is in the process of moving from a communist type government to a capitalist type government, so of course there is going to be a lot of horrible things going on and those are going to end up on the news. Yes, i do believe that not enough of the triumphs in irag are shown but that is mostly do to the point that there are more negative aspects to the war than there are positive ones. In an interview where a reporter asked the first lady to stick up for her husband (due to the fact that he has been getting such negative press, which is reasonable because his acceptance rate is actually lower than tom cruise's....ya, wow)she has almost little to nothing to say and basically went in circles. And i strongly believe that bush went to war with iraq for oil. He went to war with Afganistan for what happened with 9/11. And i don't want to damper, but i know someone that was killed and another that fought and lived (they were both brothers) and i know their family VERY well, and their sorrow is a much more meaningful story than how we finally got Sadam.
However, i think that the media, in other aspects, does portray a negative image on a lot of things, but i don't think that they influence anyone to do anything. And technically cigarette ads aren't even allowed on the t.v due to an act that was passed a little over a decade or so ago. I think that, like we are allowed, we make our own desicions, and i also think that if you try to blame your decisions on an ad that you saw or something else, well...then you have other problems than just a habit(or addiction) that you need to fix. You can say no to a cigarette just like you can say no to a chicken fry from burger king (which are amazing), just no one has the will power to fight it, or plainly, just don't care.
Krista Kiser
wow and lets see where you got this interview.........? THE BAIS MEDIA I HAD TALKED ABOUT! thank you but that proves nothing!
I think that the media is very biased in what it shows to the people that watch but I don't think it had anything to do with starting the war in iraq however, now I belive they are swaying peoples views on what they think about the war and about how president Bush is taking care of everything. I think every media newspaper and t.v. chanel is swayed either one way or another they say they aren't and that they are an unbiased opinon but they really aren't they only show you what they want you to see.
I think the media sugercoats thing often. They are very opinionated and often try to pursuade you to think one way. I think that the media does not show what is actually going on in Iraq, and how bad it really is there.
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