Through the usage of television, newspapers, radio and internet which I
believe is becoming the most popular source for world news, Americans views on
these given topics can be distorted. Stories on celebrities are less money to
process and therefore other more important news gets pushed aside. This has to
do with the lack of coverage of world news, which everyone has mentioned to be
12%. The cost effectiveness of gossiping about famous people rather than global
issues is the reasoning behind Americans having a distorted view. This is
terrible to think, and who decides what is more relevant and important than
other things? Some Americans believe these stories about celebs are the news
when really things should change and more global coverage should be addressed.
The news about the news really opened my eyes to see that what I think of as news, truly isn't what matters. Reading tabloids on the latest celebrity is considered news in our society and our generation, we have a distorted view of the world this way. The coverage we do get of stories and events occurring, are only important and impacted Canada or the United states, not the rest of the world and therefore we lack to knowledge of what happens outside of these boundaries. We need more global coverage, on the internet the most because this is what youth is growing up with now. Our parents and grandparents generation will still sit down and read the newspaper, but for most of us everything is online, and therefore real news coverage from around the world should be shown and discussed for youth, including myself to be more aware. It is important to know what is going on elsewhere, it makes you a smarter person and perhaps will make you more thankful for where you do live.
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