Standing Ovation: Really?

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Really?

“The transformation in media technology has also altered government communications strategy.”
This passage is shown on page 43 and is the first sentence in the second paragraph. The author, Ken Auletta, is stating this.
In my perspective, this means that having the internet and other forms of technology has caused the news to change vividly. By having everything be needed instantly, the government is having a hard time keeping up with stories and issues because the media has evolved to need news instantly. This relates to me personally because I recently had a friend die. The accident happened at 9:32 am on Saturday and I found out about her death at around 9:50 when I got on Facebook that morning. It shocked me because everyone was writing post about it and I just thought they had the wrong girl’s name. All I could think was, "Really?". It definitely didn’t seem accurate because Facebook is normally not a reliable source, but in this case it was true. This causes conflict because what if my friends on Facebook did get the wrong name. This would bring up at lot of trouble with my friend because she would be getting accused of getting in an accident she didn’t get in. I find this important because it is critical to get the correct information but with today’s desire for news the moment it happens makes it hard to be 100% accurate.

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katelynNovember 17, 2010 at 8:59 AM
It is becomming harder to be accuret all the time because everyone wants the news now. There isnt enought time to go through the prosess of research because someone els will get it first, then viwers will go somewhere to get their information. the fact that you found out what happened through facebook and just the things your friends posted is the way everything is now the need to share the information and to get it first is important with the news today.
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UnknownNovember 17, 2010 at 9:04 AM
I totally agree with you in that news is ont always 100% accurate. But I actually think that because of this demand of news right away that it is rarily accurate. People do not have the time to dig deep in the story they are covering and they reveal false facts and base their opinion and the opinion of the public off of those false facts. News isn't really news anymore. It's opinion. I feel like many news shows are just like Opera but with a fancy man in a suit telling you what to think. News has become too dramatic, too comlpex. it's not just people telling the facts anymore. And I'm sorry about you friend, that's really horrible...feel better soon(:
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Sarah MarieNovember 17, 2010 at 9:04 AM
Your are totally right when you say that not all new on facebook is true, but then again not all news on the internet is true. You have to be careful what you read and it was good of you not to fully believe the news at frist, because you shouldn't always believe what you read, although in your case it was true and I'm sorry about your friend. That must have been really hard on you.
There should be a way to filter the news on the internet and I am sure there are reliable cites, but not all places are accurate. Some of the time the instant news isn't always the best, and it is better to ba patient and what for a more reliable source. I'm sure you did something other then go to facebook to get better infomation. Or at least that is what I would do anyway.
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AlexgarciaNovember 17, 2010 at 9:05 AM
First of all, I'm very sorry about what happened to your friend- that's a really hard thing to go through
In regards to what you said, I completely agree with you. It's sometimes really hard to believe the news just because it is done with such haste, you have to wonder how much time they really spent looking into it and finding evidence. Now with Facebook and Twitter, I've seen that, sometimes, those are the only evidence they contain, making it a very "he said, she said" piece of news that becomes very biased and ultimately a less accurate piece of news. It's disturbing to me, as well, that the government is getting affected by it. It just doesn't seem like our media runs on truth anymore but rather the exciting twists that make us interested in contorted stories. Do we as a result of our escalated interest feed into this new way of receiving news? Is it our fault that the news is less accurate? Do we get a time to choose quality over quantity?
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