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This 6 page paper examples the way in which the news is created by the media, rather than reporting the news as it happens. Evidence given, quotes cited from sources. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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into a true commodity, a commodity which is bought and sold on a frequent basis. From a brief review of how news reporting began to a quick summation of the
grand detour it has taken, it becomes evident that the news is not simply reported by the media; it is created in many instances. In regard to the news,
it becomes especially imperative that the publics right to know is being served by the news services and not directed by the interests of big government. If this continues unchecked,
this cartel may very well act upon the American mind much in the same way that the drug cartels have: one mind at a time. It is evident even to
those not prone to take part in any political activist movements, that something has got to change about the way in which the American public receives its news and entertainment
sources. It goes without saying that most Americans feel that the Media is out of control in this country. When one stops to consider who is pulling the strings for
most of the industries in the nation, then it reduced to a pitiful handful who are calling the shots and in essence determining social policies, and indirectly (and sometimes directly)
federal policies. Ben Bagdkian speaks of a media monopoly in this country. He states that "Aided by the digital revolution and the acquisition of subsidiaries that operate at every
step in the mass communications process, from the creation of content to its delivery into the home, the communications cartel has exercised stunning influence over national legislation and government agencies,
an influence whose scope and power would have been considered scandalous or illegal twenty years ago"(Bagdikian, 2000). What is this influence he refers to? Simple, follow the trail. Check
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