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The elevation of objectivity thus constituted an effort to re-legitimatize the news-press, as well as the state in general. [ 6 ] Some historians, like Gerald Baldasty, have observed that objectivity went hand in hand with the need to make profits in the newspaper business by attracting advertisers.
In the United States, major newspapers usually explicitly claim objectivity as a goal in news coverage, though most have separate editorial boards that endorse specific candidates and publish opinions on specific issues. Adherence to a claimed standard of objectivity is a constant subject of debate.
According to a 1998 study in Communication Research, African Americans have been over-represented in news reports on crime as the perpetrators and underrepresented as the people reacting to or suffering from it. [75] According to Michelle Alexander in her book The New Jim Crow, many stories of the crack crisis of the mid-1980s broke out in the ...
Instead of ever achieving objectivity, Glasser and co-author James Ettema were the first to demonstrate that norms of professional journalism amount to an attempt to "objectify morality" [2] According to Glasser, Journalists need to be overt and candid advocates for social justice, and it's hard to do that under the constraints of objectivity. [3]
News values can relate to aspects of events and actors, or to aspects of news gathering and processing: [11] Values in news actors and events: Frequency: Events that occur suddenly and fit well with the news organization's schedule are more likely to be reported than those that occur gradually or at inconvenient times of day or night. Long-term ...
Hallin's spheres is a theory of news reporting and its rhetorical framing posited by journalism historian Daniel C. Hallin in his 1986 book The Uncensored War to explain the news coverage of the Vietnam War. [1] Hallin divides the world of political discourse into three concentric spheres: consensus, legitimate controversy, and deviance.
CBS News. Vineyards are ripping out their fields due to lack of demand for wine. Sports. Sports. Associated Press. Bucks beat Magic 114-109 to return to the NBA Cup semifinals in Las Vegas.
"Present meaningful news, accurate and separated from opinion." "Serve as a forum for the exchange of comment and criticism and to expand access to diverse points of view." "Project a representative picture of the constituent groups in society by avoiding stereotypes by including minority groups."