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Do news companies report things based off of their head honchos ulterior motives or biases more now than they did before? Is there anyone that works in the business that knows that this kind of stuff goes on? Is there evidence out there that would indicate that stuff like this happens regularly?
Answer
Journalists and news organizations, with few exceptions, do not make up news. But they do cover or refuse to cover certain stories based upon the potential to generate public interest. There are of course cases wherein the journalists is an activists for a certain cause and/or reports or refuses to report a story based upon personal and/or organizational biases. But news organizations are not micro-managed by their corporate owners. They are businesses and like any business and their product is ânews.â These organizations use ânewsâ to get into the business of journalism and thereby gain 1st Amendment protection for their ânewsâ content even though they may be serving other interests. There is no such thing as an objective news source nor has there ever been. The Western concept of âfree pressâ has been used to great advantage by Socialists and other demagogues for the dissemination of propaganda under the guise of ânews.â
The main goal of a news organization is to generate ad revenue. Ad revenue is based upon circulation (print) and ratings (broadcast/radio). If you provide your target audience with the type of content and analyses they expect you guarantee your potential advertisers a certain level of potential customers. The advertisers, unless forced by popular opinion or political considerations, will willingly support any news organization that delivers customers for its products/services. Now some people who understand this will immediately tout the benefits of ânon-commercialâ news. But this is also governed by its ability to appeal to the target audience and it is driven by the same biases that affect commercial news.
You might want to see:
Coloring the News by William McGowan
Breaking the News by James Fallows
Journalistic Fraud by Bob Kohn
What Liberal Media? By Eric Alterman
Bias by Bernard Goldberg
Arrogance by Bernard Goldberg
Journalists and news organizations, with few exceptions, do not make up news. But they do cover or refuse to cover certain stories based upon the potential to generate public interest. There are of course cases wherein the journalists is an activists for a certain cause and/or reports or refuses to report a story based upon personal and/or organizational biases. But news organizations are not micro-managed by their corporate owners. They are businesses and like any business and their product is ânews.â These organizations use ânewsâ to get into the business of journalism and thereby gain 1st Amendment protection for their ânewsâ content even though they may be serving other interests. There is no such thing as an objective news source nor has there ever been. The Western concept of âfree pressâ has been used to great advantage by Socialists and other demagogues for the dissemination of propaganda under the guise of ânews.â
The main goal of a news organization is to generate ad revenue. Ad revenue is based upon circulation (print) and ratings (broadcast/radio). If you provide your target audience with the type of content and analyses they expect you guarantee your potential advertisers a certain level of potential customers. The advertisers, unless forced by popular opinion or political considerations, will willingly support any news organization that delivers customers for its products/services. Now some people who understand this will immediately tout the benefits of ânon-commercialâ news. But this is also governed by its ability to appeal to the target audience and it is driven by the same biases that affect commercial news.
You might want to see:
Coloring the News by William McGowan
Breaking the News by James Fallows
Journalistic Fraud by Bob Kohn
What Liberal Media? By Eric Alterman
Bias by Bernard Goldberg
Arrogance by Bernard Goldberg
Daily and Periodical Newspapers popular in the Philippines and her various cities?
Q. Please, name some of the popular and famous newspapers read in the Philippines. And if you know some web sites then it will be great because I can't buy any physical newspaper as I am New Delhi.
Answer
National Dailies :
Business Mirror - businessmirror.com
Business World
Daily Tribune
Malaya
Manila Bulletin
Manila Standard
Manila Times
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Philippine Journal
Philippine Star
Tabloid :
Abante Online
Abante Tonite
TV Channel News :
ABS-CBN News
GMA News
Online Only :
Cyber Dyaryo
Kabayan Online
News Flash
News Agencies :
Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism - pcij.org
Philippine Information Agency
Philippine News Agency
websites:
inquirer.net
philstar.com
National Dailies :
Business Mirror - businessmirror.com
Business World
Daily Tribune
Malaya
Manila Bulletin
Manila Standard
Manila Times
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Philippine Journal
Philippine Star
Tabloid :
Abante Online
Abante Tonite
TV Channel News :
ABS-CBN News
GMA News
Online Only :
Cyber Dyaryo
Kabayan Online
News Flash
News Agencies :
Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism - pcij.org
Philippine Information Agency
Philippine News Agency
websites:
inquirer.net
philstar.com
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