Tag: Sensationalism

Is this, in your collective mind, an objective news organization? Explain through examples.Does this news organization, in your collective mind, serve the public interest in a healthy manner?

NEW York Times
Required Questions:

Is this, in your collective mind, an objective news organization? Explain through examples.Does this news organization, in your collective mind, serve the public interest in a healthy manner?

That is, does it provide information that is in the best interest of the audience and that promotes healthy engagement in civic life? If so, how? If not, please articulate “the problems.” These can range from sensationalism to clickbait to bias to outright misleading or questionable information. Remember: It’s ok to have a news mix that offers hard news and soft news (the latter being more entertaining, lighter stories), but news should also be like a doctor-patient relationship, telling us what we need to know about our community or the world.

If you could make any changes to this news organization and the way in which it delivers information, what would it be?

Does the sensationalism of the murder (the fact that four bodies are found at once in one location followed by the discovery of several body parts nearby soon after) make the crimes more palatable to the public, meaning, do people only begin to care when there are multiple victims/a serial killer may be involved? Why?

Prompt:

Does the sensationalism of the murder (the fact that four bodies are found at once in one location followed by the discovery of several body parts nearby soon after) make the crimes more palatable to the public, meaning, do people only begin to care when there are multiple victims/a serial killer may be involved? Why?