What are your opinions with the media?

[Caithness]

Well I'm right in the middle of an assignment for Journalism and I'm really questioning the story I'm writing for the Calgary Journal...

...so I thought I'd take a step back and ask random individuals their thoughts.

-What news stories attract your interest?

-Why do they attract your interest?

-What do you expect from the news media?

Any opinions? ...educated preferred.

[judasentinel]

What news stories attract your interest?
Anything relating to breakthroughs and developments in science & technology, religion, anthropology and human psychology. And as much as I may be interested in the above, I despise indulging in news relating to showbiz, popular music, crime and politics.

Perhaps its my nature and personal preference for the profound and substantial things.

I also like to read up on things relating to world events that once again have an impact on humanity in general.


-Why do they attract your interest?
Because I believe that they are important things for us as a race. I mean that getting consumed in stupid Paris Hilton's stint in jail has for all practical purposes no significance in most of our lives, while finding out that one can use Zinc in a car to produce Hydrogen to run the car on it has far-reaching consequences for us.

My interests are in things that stimulate me intellectually & emotionally. And that is what also defines me as a person.


-What do you expect from the news media?
Two things - ethical, honest, multi-faceted reporting; a genuine desire to spread knowledge by broadening horizons of public, while ensuring that stories, events, and ideas are NOT communicated with a one-sided view to appease certain corridors of power.


Hope this was useful for you..............

[Shadao]

the biggest thing i expect as a reader is an unbiased story...

i want a story that doesnt take one side or the other, which allows me as a reader to decide for myself...

i like reading about positive things rather than negative...

doesnt matter what the story is about i read them all, i usually skip past the rape and the murder and every other nasty thing the papers ands the news reports... because i already know there is bad stuff happening, but the more we focus on the bad stuff the less we see thegood and sooner or later all we will see, think, hear, and feel is the bad... re-enforce the postive and put the negative in the back pages....