I think that all this new take on news is very interesting. From the very first sections, I found it entertaining to find out that news did not make a profit and wasn't meant to be a reason to create revenue. It seems to me that news stations sold out and decided to start turning profits and stooped low to make news that would catch peoples attention. Even the president of ABC said that its about money now, and news is what the people want to hear, even if it Inst "newsworthy". News has been turned into entertain, which is a perfect example of the Daily Show.
Blogging is also a very definitive way to create news now. It was very smart to see that news watchers are getting older so a way to reach out to a younger demographic is to post on the Internet and allowing people to post their thoughts and ideas. This has a negative backlash as news will then start to become opinion based and not based off facts. This does not follow the standard Murrow format and is a conflict of interest. Most big news channels have fallen away from it and are switching to internet news.
Now that people can post opinion based news, I feel that the basis of news is at jeopardy. Bloggers can sway people from real truth and news. Dan Rather was fired or "left" CBS was because of a false claim that ultimately made him lose his job and put a negative spin to CBS news and their team of reporters. Facts are what the news should be comprised of and Frontline did a great job showing that tradition news is dying.
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