News Media

Organizations that control television media.

How the media should act without bias.

Like the banks that sent us into the worst recession since The Great Depression, the news media is sending us into an excessive news-cession. And in both cases, the public is submerged eyes wide open.

Opinion on how today's news media has evolved.

Hillary Clinton told the U.S. Foreign Policy Priorities Committee on March 2, that the U.S. is losing an "information war" around the world.

A look at the political interests of CNN and Fox News.

Free independent news media is freedom of press. It promotes independent thinking, satisfying our curiosity. News media shares the cultures of the world, terrors of life and protects the human spirit.

Is Chairman Obama Bribing the News Media?

Disturbing trend of mainstream Media to either run with a juicy story without even a cursory attempt to verify the evidence or, worse, to manufacture evidence when they can find nothing to substantiate a hot story.

This paper deals with the process of media making in a democratic societies, the issue of concentrated media ownership and the impact of new media on these power structures.

This article reports on information which reveals that United States Aid to Afghanistan has been wasted by private corporations. This article also emphasizes the failure of the US media to report other vital information to the public.

Today's news media has crossed, and lost, ethical boundaries in order to feed what is conceived to be the public's "right to know" about the morality of politicians but is really a growing lust for sensational gossip.

Journalists can't find the truth when they're living in a bubble.

Technology makes the instantaneous and virtually ubiquitous observation of world events possible, but evidence of bias in the news media can make you wonder whether you can believe what you see and hear. What is the average person to do?

A debate has been ranging on for as long as the United States has been in existence, of whether the media is truly free, and what its influence is on public opinion.

With recent mass shootings and the tenth anniversary of the Columbine massacre, I thought it would be a good time to write about the local news media's addiction to crimes.

This paper looks at how the portrayal of environmental issues, such as global warming and pollution, by the news media has influenced public opinion and possibly action towards environmental changes.

In 2009, we - and the media - have elected our first African American president into office, a feat some thought our country was not ready for. So it seems fitting that this debate takes place now.

There are not many topics the news media avoid, but suicide is a topic near which most news outlets tread carefully. Most newspapers, TV and radio stations, and professional news websites report suicides very rarely.

The media are talking about Harrison's and Homles' past legal problems, and they should stick to the way they play sports.

An opinion piece about a girls high school basketball game between Covenant and Dallas Academy, the 100-0 score, and the way the news media is portraying the story.

The media, in its fawning portrayal of Barak Obama as the Second Coming of FDR, may be doing the President-Elect a disservice.

Newspapers and other media who support a candidate can no longer be considered fair or impartial.

Remember the OJ Simpson Media Circus? There was solid 24 hour a day coverage of the OJ trial on every news network and program. It was a waste of time turning on the television.

A look at the importance of balanced media coverage in political elections.

The news media has become has become very biased when it comes to politics. What are the ramifications of these decisions and should consumers demand them to become unbiased and impartial?

Those on the political "right" deride mainstream news reporting, claiming it sways voters with liberal propaganda under the guise of objective journalism.

A most interesting result from a Sacred Heart University poll.

The mass media of today has tremendous power within society. What and how information is distributed can have indelible consequences for individuals and society as a whole.

The increase in tabloid journalism, the popularization of blogs and an increased demand to constantly be updated on the news has made it even harder to define the line between news and gossip. The ethical decision facing the news industry now is simply, "What is news?"

While the public demands information from the media, there is also an underlying cynicism against the media and politicians. What is often missed is the influence the government has on the media, and equally, the influence the media has on the government.