My 10th grade speech teacher and head of our less-than-10-person high school TV news program had a nice sentiment: "The news is unbiased. If it's biased, it's not news." How idealistic that concept is today, since 24-7 news programming has erupted into what it is now. At this point, I really don't believe there is reporting that lets you decide. It's all entertainment and full of opinions that are forced-fed to the viewers, and social media posts have taken on the same format. Yet, we continue to scroll...
My 10th grade speech teacher and head of our less-than-10-person high school TV news program had a nice sentiment: "The news is unbiased. If it's biased, it's not news." How idealistic that concept is today, since 24-7 news programming has erupted into what it is now. At this point, I really don't believe there is reporting that lets you decide. It's all entertainment and full of opinions that are forced-fed to the viewers, and social media posts have taken on the same format. Yet, we continue to scroll...
Thoughtful article. I don’t watch the news I read. I do remember day when news was not the hype we get today.
Hi Madeline. Thank you for reading and commenting. Hope all is well with you.