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Saturday, October 31, 2015

So Main headlines don't mean what they used too I'm guessing?

In a recent article posted by WHAS 11, the reporter talks about a new breed of cat known as the "werewolf cat" or Lykoi. This breed has a close semblance with dogs and wolves, despite being 100 per cent cat. There was nothing wrong with this story, but the fact that it was a main headline makes this situation troublesome. WHAS needs to stop making the important interesting, and start making the interesting important.  http://www.whas11.com/story/life/pets/2015/10/30/werewolf-cats-existand-you-can-own-one/74887230/

Isolation, you mean on crimes?

Something that has been brought to my attention recently is the lack of newsworthy crime stories in many of our news stations that we have been studying recently. Newsworthy stories are supposed to cover events or topics that affect a large group of people or communities in general. Isolated crime incidents do not fall under this category, yet it is all that these stations seem to report about. For example, in the article http://www.wlky.com/news/Police-Man-charged-with-arson-after-intentionally-setting-his-own-house-on-fire/36167524 , a man is charged with arson after setting his own house on fire. That is an isolated incident that only affects that man and his house, not the community. This makes it unnewsworthy and unacceptable to the public.

Thursday, October 29, 2015

The Press Corpse, Dealing with lies and biased reporting.

Populist reporting techniques, un-newsworthy content, where does it end? The truth? It never will. Instead, the lines between information and infotainment will continue to blur. When binary models become non-binary, journalism will become less and less trustworthy. Our definition of newsworthy content will become skewed. This is why we need to keep entertainment and information separate.

WHAS, More like BS

I was exited to do a station, literally ANY station that wasn't WAVE 3. I wanted some substantial news, you know? Something that wasn't fluff for a change. Boy was I disappointed. Instead of newsworthy, serious stories, I found sponsored ads and videos about community events. Also, the lack of variety in their stories is terrible. Almost all of the online stories were crime and/ or human interest. WHAS has left me very disappointed, and I hope that they can improve.