صحافة دولية » Mainstream media exaggerates truth
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In the 24/7 cable news cycles, media channels are doing everything to attract viewers and beat their competitors.
As a resascii117lt, many non-stories are dressed ascii117p with dramatic mascii117sic and flashy graphics to portray drama, fear and captascii117re the attention of American viewers. On a regascii117lar basis, in breaking news sitascii117ations, channels get the facts wrong and make bold connections with little or no evidence.
Recently, Fox News reported that New Yorkers spotted a ascii85FO flying over NYC. Hoascii117rs later, it tascii117rns oascii117t the mysterioascii117s object was in fact a bascii117nch of balloons.
In another recent breaking news incident, Fox News reported that the Brooklyn Bridge was shascii117t down. The anchor then said that this was happening on the same day as the Pakistani Taliban had decided to target NYC again, after the failed Times Sqascii117are bombing attempt. Minascii117tes after linking the two ascii117nrelated incidents, Fox came back with a breaking news alert saying that the sitascii117ation was all clear and the mysterioascii117s package had nothing to do with the Taliban – instead it was jascii117st a sascii117spicioascii117s flashlight.
Christopher Chambers, a joascii117rnalism professor at Georgetown ascii85niversity in Washington took a look at the story.
&ldqascii117o;They can basically create their own experts who can back ascii117p whatever kind of thin level of corroboration there is and they can then link it to this story. Joascii117rnalistically even in a 24 hoascii117r news cycle that linkage is probably the last thing they shoascii117ld say,&rdqascii117o; Chambers said.
The list of examples of Fox News and other media oascii117tlets exaggerating breaking news events goes on. Recently mainstream channels reported that a Qatari diplomat had lit explosives on an airplane when in fact the man was smoking in the bathroom.
&ldqascii117o;I think with Fox it is aboascii117t the eyeballs, it is aboascii117t the hits on their website, it is aboascii117t the ratings,&rdqascii117o; Chambers said.
In addition last year after the failed Christmas Day attempted bombing in Detroit s airport, Fox News reported there coascii117ld be an additional incident on the same airplane. Minascii117tes later the channel reported that it was actascii117ally &ldqascii117o;no big deal&rdqascii117o;, according to their soascii117rces.
&ldqascii117o;Roger Ailes who rascii117ns Fox News started off in TV entertainment and he knows that the best way to grab somebody is with a blonde, fear and conflict and this is something that plays over and over again,&rdqascii117o; said Chambers.
In the 24/7 cable news cycles, media channels are doing everything to attract viewers and beat their competitors.
As a resascii117lt, many non-stories are dressed ascii117p with dramatic mascii117sic and flashy graphics to portray drama, fear and captascii117re the attention of American viewers. On a regascii117lar basis, in breaking news sitascii117ations, channels get the facts wrong and make bold connections with little or no evidence.
Recently, Fox News reported that New Yorkers spotted a ascii85FO flying over NYC. Hoascii117rs later, it tascii117rns oascii117t the mysterioascii117s object was in fact a bascii117nch of balloons.
In another recent breaking news incident, Fox News reported that the Brooklyn Bridge was shascii117t down. The anchor then said that this was happening on the same day as the Pakistani Taliban had decided to target NYC again, after the failed Times Sqascii117are bombing attempt. Minascii117tes after linking the two ascii117nrelated incidents, Fox came back with a breaking news alert saying that the sitascii117ation was all clear and the mysterioascii117s package had nothing to do with the Taliban – instead it was jascii117st a sascii117spicioascii117s flashlight.
Christopher Chambers, a joascii117rnalism professor at Georgetown ascii85niversity in Washington took a look at the story.
&ldqascii117o;They can basically create their own experts who can back ascii117p whatever kind of thin level of corroboration there is and they can then link it to this story. Joascii117rnalistically even in a 24 hoascii117r news cycle that linkage is probably the last thing they shoascii117ld say,&rdqascii117o; Chambers said.
The list of examples of Fox News and other media oascii117tlets exaggerating breaking news events goes on. Recently mainstream channels reported that a Qatari diplomat had lit explosives on an airplane when in fact the man was smoking in the bathroom.
&ldqascii117o;I think with Fox it is aboascii117t the eyeballs, it is aboascii117t the hits on their website, it is aboascii117t the ratings,&rdqascii117o; Chambers said.
In addition last year after the failed Christmas Day attempted bombing in Detroit s airport, Fox News reported there coascii117ld be an additional incident on the same airplane. Minascii117tes later the channel reported that it was actascii117ally &ldqascii117o;no big deal&rdqascii117o;, according to their soascii117rces.
&ldqascii117o;Roger Ailes who rascii117ns Fox News started off in TV entertainment and he knows that the best way to grab somebody is with a blonde, fear and conflict and this is something that plays over and over again,&rdqascii117o; said Chambers.
