Professional journalism is suffering a slow death in America’s media industry. Newspapers are going out of business, but shows like The Factor, (on Fox News channel) are gaining popularity.
News is the product of professional journalists who have a high regard for the standards of journalism, accuracy and ethical conduct. Skewed, slanted, biased, entertainment, dressed-up like news assumes a false authority.
Many legitimate sources of news would find it irresponsible to report in such a biased style. News is the product of professional journalists, and needs to remains fair and objective.
Last week, protesters rallied to demonstrate against President Obama’s alleged over spending and a three percent tax increase for those making over $250,000 a year.
The tax increase puts that tax bracket at the percentage it was before President Bush entered the White House.
Fox News supported these conservative demonstrations without considering objectivity or fairness.
Fox News encouraged their viewers to demonstrate and extensively covered the events.
In a more prevailing concern, this shows Americans shift towards uninformed “rabble rousing.” Fox News has already featured commentary accusing the new president of fascist policies which have no ground concerning accuracy.
Fox News represents a false illusion of professional journalism and should be required to drop the word “News” from its name. Too often Americans are accepting Fox as legitimate source of news.
It can be too easy to slip into selfish opinions without objective news. It seems increasingly obvious that unbiased news has a diminishing appeal towards the average American.