Oct 28 2011: Along with the factors mentioned above, I feel even the news readers contribute in hampering transparency. Their frequent quizzical gazes followed by their loud personal opinions while streaming the gradual progression of the trial is a pain to watch. What overwhelms me the most, is the unwarranted advocacy journalism, which clearly reflects from the news presenter’s report.
In the Casey Anthony child murder case I saw the news presenter spitting fire at the accused, Casey, who was yet to be declared a convict by the court, the news presenter affectedly, imposed her verdict on the viewers. Before the viewers could perceive the news and draw a conclusion themselves, which is their right, they have been fed with a bias. Not only that; to substantiate her idea, the news presenter brought in co- presenters to pitch a chat on their take at the story.
How overt can distortion get, than this? Passing off bloated news as objective reporting, the media infracts and modifies the potential of the news content. Who wants to know what a Fox News presenter thinks about a court order. Doesn’t his/her job end with the delivery of news without fear or favor? Or does it? Or sensational journalism has pervaded the television news room so deeply that they have started to believe that the common view of the world held by them is the only truth which prevails.
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In the Casey Anthony child murder case I saw the news presenter spitting fire at the accused, Casey, who was yet to be declared a convict by the court, the news presenter affectedly, imposed her verdict on the viewers. Before the viewers could perceive the news and draw a conclusion themselves, which is their right, they have been fed with a bias. Not only that; to substantiate her idea, the news presenter brought in co- presenters to pitch a chat on their take at the story.
How overt can distortion get, than this? Passing off bloated news as objective reporting, the media infracts and modifies the potential of the news content. Who wants to know what a Fox News presenter thinks about a court order. Doesn’t his/her job end with the delivery of news without fear or favor? Or does it? Or sensational journalism has pervaded the television news room so deeply that they have started to believe that the common view of the world held by them is the only truth which prevails.