NBC Nightly News Analysis

Have you ever listened to a news story and thought it sounded one-sided? Or have you thought the news didn't seem to report the whole story or the most important aspect of a story? Journalists possess the power to influence a whole group of people with their work. When writers input their opinion, they generate bias. Consecutively, this influences a reader's reaction to a topic.

1. Has something bad ever happened to you in life and someone else told your story? Did they miss any important details or change a few facts to make it seem more interesting? When the media gets a hold of a topic that could potentially be a big deal to our nation they jump into action and conclusions. Most often they are quick to make conclusions to make their story seem more complete than competing stations.

In airing the Radulovich show, advertisers, aluminum in particular, withdraw their advertisements costing CBS millions in profits, Murrow and Friendly will be forced to pay the show out of pocket. Again, going against popular opinion and taking on enemies larger than himself in a rather David vs. Goliath way, Murrow displays moral courage in funding his show to fight injustices and bring forth the truth and justices America was founded on. Edward Murrow shows many gallant displays of being a morally courageous individual, particularly courageous in the name of justice. I find fighting a battle knowing your career is on the line, and going up against life destroying odds in the name of justice to be a clear indication of heroism as well as moral courage. I challenge you to put yourself in Murrow's position and perhaps learn to be a courageous individual

As with an addiction the more you are told to stop, the more you are drawn in. Because of viewership, Americans have essentially become “chained to their image-displacement machines like lab animals to dispensers of morphine” (Nelson 308). All over America, there is a demand for power

Additionally, to make information credible they will interview a speaker from homeland security go into great details causing more anxiety to American psyche. More importantly, History shows how Americans fear and not trusting the government, media and politic things from the past,

Each story also isn’t constant, but has many jumps and cuts to help develop the stories of other

The national news broadcasters interrupted all television programming in order to inform the nation of the tragic events that took place at approximately 11:19 that morning. On the news they displayed images of everything from blood splattered sidewalks in front of the school to grieving families and friends mourning the loss of their loved ones. The media was unknowingly desensitizing their viewers to tragedy, due to the fact that they would not be forced to witness so many traumatized and pained faces at one time again until some years

The media text I want to analyze in my full report is Food, Inc. (2009). Food, Inc. is a documentary film meant to showcase the faults in the American food industry and persuade viewers (consumers) to change the way they eat and to buy products from companies “that treat workers, animals and the environment with respect”. The film utilizes interviews from various kind of people such as farmers and food safety advocates to persuade viewers to make a change with their relationship with food. However, some of the claims that the interviewees make are questionable. Three specific tactics (fallacies) used in the text that I found to be questionable were, hasty conclusion, freeloading term and popularity.

Media’s Influence on Public Opinion of Law Enforcement Television, movies, and other mass media sources use persuasion in commercials, product placement, etc. but what about in the content? Is what one sees perceived as true and factual? How are people influenced by media (Postman, 161)? More importantly, how are people influenced by media to view those called upon for help when in need?

Whether it’s just trying to get the information out there or trying to prevent these situations, news reporters make society uneasy because of the information they are putting out into the world

Society expect to be constantly entertained; they have become so concerned with things such as who the latest star is dating, scandals, or dumb people doing rather idiotic things. Much of society have been consumed in their personal instant gratification and what makes them “happy”. When on an off chance that news does show things that are serious and impactful(not necessarily positive things that is happening in the world) people have become so numb that the best they could do is feel sympathetic and at worst continue on with their day. The other part of the problem is that those behind what is being published and shown on the news media have been absorbed in their avarice nature, whatever allows them to make as much profit they do. “Writing thousands of hours of coverage from what could have been summarized in a couple of minutes every few weeks, a new rhetorical strategy was developed, or-let’s be generous-evolved”(6), Saunders describes the new formula formed by mass news firms that would yield the most profit.

Otherwise, it's nothing but wires and lights in a box.” This means that if T.V. does not involve any inspiration or truth it is nothing but a box. Murrow sticks to the facts because they people deserve to know the

The media will pick and choose which topics to discuss according to the viewer’s ratings. The news media represent the news in a manner that will leave people coming back for more. They choose carefully what they want to report and by doing so they do not spread lies within the articles but what they choose not to tell the audience. The media shares what the people

The bakers have discovered what ingredients to make the cake delicious, but each adds their own tweaks and adjustments to make each one unique. The same thing happened to stories. The great authors have discovered what their audiences appreciate, and as more follow in their footsteps, they have used the same basic line with a

Major developments in the evolution of mass media during the last century It has come to our attention that media is changing since its origin. In mid last century newspaper and magazine were the principle source of mass communications. Later the radio provided another source to achieve the majority. Individuals frequently tuned in to get records of what is happening in the world, getting to know the current trends.