Oct 28 2011: Newscaster relay the information that is indicative of their audience. News organization die if they can't continue to appeal to that standard. If what your saying is true and unwanted, it wouldn't exist.
Oct 28 2011: Working within news, I have found that given enough time I am able to find out everything you are looking for, the information is there it just depends on the quality of the newscaster to find it and relay that to the listener. Unfortunately, most of the details you desire are not the desires of the general public when it comes to news consumption.
Oct 28 2011: This topic has already begun to drift into unsubstantiated fears of corporate propaganda. Transparency is important but the underlying accusation seems to be that in some way newscaster are either intentionally or due to their ineptitude providing inaccurate information. This can and does happen, but to then take the paranoid step of inferring a socio-economic and political conspiracy that is designed to subvert the masses into a submissive ignorant state is insanity and frankly hurts the need for a dialogue between newsmakers and the public. Corporate and political interests have a much more difficult time doing these supposed devious things because of the speed with which information now is presented to the public, there is just no time for all the proposed benefactors to be considered when a story is happening.
Oct 28 2011: Social media allows for the easy and simple consolidation of multiple news sources on an issue creating within moments a breadth of accounts on the particular issue. This instant cross section creates an immediately visual way to understand any influences that would be counter to the truth of the event. Which allows the newscaster the ability to make a more informed decision on whether or not they believe this information is accurate.
Oct 28 2011: Many of this information is unfortunately impossible to attribute during an active news broadcast, solely based on the speed with which information is released to the public. Any major news release will provide to a degree most of the information your looking for, or to a lesser extent an established news caster should have the skills and experience to know who is talking and relay the pertinent information to the listener. The onus I believe falls on newscaster who need to have a better understanding of where these news tweets are coming from and perhaps make a more informed decision when creating topics of discussion. Unfortunately, because of the publics need for news the second it occurs this tempered response makes it hard to be competitive.
Oct 28 2011: Because of the prolific nature of social media as a disseminater of information and news any concerns regarding transparency I think fall flat. Using tools like twitter and google news to provide that consolidation ensures that information that is inaccurate falls by the waste side, as too many different sources are contributing to a sort of truth my committee. The need for news agencies to find the news quickly and efficiently renders any arguments to corporate influences impossible, frankly BECAUSE of the 24 hour news cycle and social media, political or corporate influences cannot effect the news in any paramount way.
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