Comments on: Problem Challenge: News Reporting in the Future? http://innovation3.edublogs.org/2008/10/29/problem-challenge-news-reporting-in-the-future/ inspiring learning beyond time ~ place ~ space Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:46:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: David Truss http://innovation3.edublogs.org/2008/10/29/problem-challenge-news-reporting-in-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-104 David Truss Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:05:50 +0000 http://innovation3.edublogs.org/?p=106#comment-104 I don't remember the last time I read a newspaper... and I would argue that many newspaper articles are not written to inform but rather to exaggerate, or oversimplify, or sensationalize a topic for the sake of grabbing your attention... and then they don't go deep enough to make the read worthwhile. I've questioned the validity, importance and integrity of papers ever since I watched Manufacturing Consent by Noam Chomsky years ago: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5631882395226827730 (Slow, but very worth watching) Newspapers' attempts to sensationalize & create an urgency to read things are what have caused their own demise. So too has their focus on narrow issues that all papers cover... the simple fact is that television and multi-media do that better than papers do. If papers stopped making what Perez Hilton talks about the focus of their 'news' then they will find a market and survive. If I felt I could open a paper and read more than just one good article, that I needed to browse 15 articles to find, then maybe I'd pick one up every now and then, or even subscribe! I don’t remember the last time I read a newspaper… and I would argue that many newspaper articles are not written to inform but rather to exaggerate, or oversimplify, or sensationalize a topic for the sake of grabbing your attention… and then they don’t go deep enough to make the read worthwhile.

I’ve questioned the validity, importance and integrity of papers ever since I watched Manufacturing Consent by Noam Chomsky years ago: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5631882395226827730
(Slow, but very worth watching)

Newspapers’ attempts to sensationalize & create an urgency to read things are what have caused their own demise. So too has their focus on narrow issues that all papers cover… the simple fact is that television and multi-media do that better than papers do.

If papers stopped making what Perez Hilton talks about the focus of their ‘news’ then they will find a market and survive. If I felt I could open a paper and read more than just one good article, that I needed to browse 15 articles to find, then maybe I’d pick one up every now and then, or even subscribe!

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