#6 Journalism

Lately, I have been analyzing the news and what determines newsworthiness. It has been interesting to watch the news and to see how although journalists and news reporters are supposed to be unbiased and seekers of truth, they all have an agenda. Their agenda of course is to get viewers or readers. The other day in class we were discussing how the news and entertainment are now being meshed into one. In class we used to the example of Glenn Beck, who would not consider himself a journalist, held to the same standard as a news reporter for Fox news. It is interesting to see how two very different things are meshing into one and how viewers visions of what is news verses what is entertainment is becoming blurred.