Inventing Stories

"For better or for worse, our company (The News Corporation Ltd.) is a reflection of my thinking, my character, my values." -Rupert Murdoch

The networks cover the basics -- the White House and the Capitol. That is the extent of federal government coverage. It is pretty shocking and pathetic. Watching network news is like watching a really poorly produced reality television show.

How did journalism get this way? To remove controversy, there is reliance on traditional sources. People who have political and business powers become the people who give out assignments to the journalists. Journalists are more controlled these days. It is much harder for them to report groundbreaking stories that forces change in the American landscape. Instead, journalists are now channeled topics to write or report on so that the elite will receive a certain type of coverage for their own alterior motives. As Americans, we are usually only told on the news what government or big corporations want us to know. It is a controlled environment!