The news is often described as the "window to the world", but sometimes what we see in the news is not necessarily the factual reality of what is happening in the world. News is often very subjective, especially on television, and sometimes the best pictures are preferred to the best story. As journalists, we are responsible for society and the news often leads viewers to a narrow view of the world, often showing them what we want them to see rather than what they need to see. As Harcup (2009, P3) explains “Journalism informs society about itself and makes public what would otherwise be private.” News is extremely subjective, especially when determining the order in which a news bulletin should go and which stories to choose. News often falls into one or more categories (Harcup, 2009, P43), based on what will interest a particular audience. Every week on our news days, we discussed the order in which our stories would go and also how interesting the story was to our viewer. Often, the more accessible and better-imaged stories tend to be higher up in the bulletin. However, news that often affects the most people will be at the top of the news. Because news is so subjective, it prevents the viewer from accessing this process of elimination. Often, the most effective and interesting stories for the viewer are eliminated as finding the person or images can prove difficult. This can inflict a very narrow worldview on the viewer as they only watch what we deem newsworthy, whereas if they had seen the bulletin, they might have argued that other stories were newsworthy. TV is extremely labor intensive. intensive. As viewers, they only see the anchors presenting the news and not the team behind them. Like......half of the paper......and the bulletin and I also have plenty of time in the day to edit it. Overall, over the past few months of working in the days of fake news, I've learned the real factors behind what we see on our television screens. This is a very narrow view of the world, and often a mixture of logistics and legislation prevents some news from even reaching our televisions. I have found that sometimes the most interesting and valuable news topics are not chosen to avoid imitative behavior and also because a person is not available. Broadcast journalism relies heavily on images for our viewers to tell the story, and words are only used to enhance the story. Overall, I think our fake news days really reflected what it's like to work in a real-life broadcast environment, and the stress and pressures journalists have to endure to put news on our screens.
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