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I don't get this question at all and it's for my government class....please help me
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I don't normally go for the "doing other people's homework" thing, but i'll help out.
"Hard" news is important stories. Investigative journalism about war, crime, science... things that impact the world.
"Soft" news is stories about the old lady beating up her mugger, or Jimmy winning his 4-H competition, or celebrity gossip. It's generally light-hearted stuff that might get people talking, but it's not what the old-school journalists would call news.
Technology has brought us what they call a "24-hour news cycle" where TV stations are forced to fill every hour of every day with SOME sort of information. Because of this, we do get constant updates on very important hard news that our parents/grandparents would probably only get in tomorrow's newspaper. This makes for a more well-informed society, and that is a good thing for everyone.
On the other hand, we also get a week-long memorial for Anna Nicole Smith, who - despite being the victim of an unfortunate death - should not have been considered important enough to fill hours and hours of news coverage. In this way, people are more informed, but it's the equivalent of a steady diet of junk food.
Hope this helps.
I don't normally go for the "doing other people's homework" thing, but i'll help out.
"Hard" news is important stories. Investigative journalism about war, crime, science... things that impact the world.
"Soft" news is stories about the old lady beating up her mugger, or Jimmy winning his 4-H competition, or celebrity gossip. It's generally light-hearted stuff that might get people talking, but it's not what the old-school journalists would call news.
Technology has brought us what they call a "24-hour news cycle" where TV stations are forced to fill every hour of every day with SOME sort of information. Because of this, we do get constant updates on very important hard news that our parents/grandparents would probably only get in tomorrow's newspaper. This makes for a more well-informed society, and that is a good thing for everyone.
On the other hand, we also get a week-long memorial for Anna Nicole Smith, who - despite being the victim of an unfortunate death - should not have been considered important enough to fill hours and hours of news coverage. In this way, people are more informed, but it's the equivalent of a steady diet of junk food.
Hope this helps.
is it just me or are there any others who do not care to hear anything further about anna nicole smith?
d. w
i am so tired of seeing her name in the news. let the woman rest in peace. do you feel like me?
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I definitely agree. It is this way with all these big celebrity stories. OJ, JonBenet, Anna Nicole.
Just let it go people. Why do "we" care so much about these things anyway? There are millions of people every day that have the same thing or worse happen to them and it is not plastered all over the TV for everyone to see. Why are these people any more important than every day people all over the world.
Who cares??? Get a life, don't watch this crap. Read a book, do some gardening, mentor a child, go for a walk. Do something useful instead of just promoting global gossip.
I definitely agree. It is this way with all these big celebrity stories. OJ, JonBenet, Anna Nicole.
Just let it go people. Why do "we" care so much about these things anyway? There are millions of people every day that have the same thing or worse happen to them and it is not plastered all over the TV for everyone to see. Why are these people any more important than every day people all over the world.
Who cares??? Get a life, don't watch this crap. Read a book, do some gardening, mentor a child, go for a walk. Do something useful instead of just promoting global gossip.
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