After watching the "Frontline" series, it seemed that many were disappointed with the direction American journalism is headed. In the first segment it showed that many viewers favored the show that was almost poking fun at the news, and watched that more for a news source than a normal news broadcasting channel. They explained this has become a huge problem in society as well as the poor broadcasting of regular news channels.
A quote I remembered specifically from one of the segments was a man explaining the problem with the news and the public. "Give the public what it wants," he explained that was one of the biggest tragedies in American journalism.
Almost anyone can go online now and start their own blog, share whatever they think is important, and then the public can decide what to watch and if they think it is newsworthy or not. While I think its important for people to be able to share, something does seem a little faulty with this new way people are getting their news. It is important that people have unlimited access to news and information, and I think the internet has definitely helped that. But I do feel however, it is important that people be able to trust and rely on the news they are receiving and not just being told "what they want to hear."
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