What do u think.??? is media a social watchdog or a peeping tom?

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its a debate topic. what r ur opinions on this take


is media a social watchdog or has become a peeping tom!!!!!!!

What do u think.??? is media a social watchdog or a peeping tom?
The problem with media today is, of course, money.


(Funny how many problems are caused by that stuff!)





Journalism is on life support. The era of news for news sake is gone. The entire industry is hanging on a precipice. Making a few comparisons sheds a little light on the situation.





Watch the evening news then watch a show such as 60 Minutes and compare the amount of time and subject matter covered in the same hour period. You'd be hard pressed to say today's news isn't "cookie-cutter"





Today's media is driven by sensationalism. "If it bleeds it leads" is a truism. Today's media is all about garnering your attention and stimulating your senses by covering inflammatory topics (fire, death, floods, celebrity, murder, rape, abuse, etc. ) which they force feed you, then they polish it off with a "feel good" story so you don't view the entire enterprise as negative. Your attention = media $.





Another great comparison is to view a broadcast from the late 50's and compare it to today's news programs. I won't go into detail but you'll be amazed at the loss of journalistic ability, the cut-to-the-chase honesty, lack of "spin", and it will leave you wondering, "Just exactly when did the cast of Baywatch take over the news station?"





To directly answer your question, they still act as both, but like a lot of the food today, they are lacking in fiber, sugar-coated, well-marketed, and easily consumed.
Reply:Sorry but I will be blunt .. the media has a lot to answer for and has too much power in the world. Very negative !!!
Reply:If the media were a social watchdog it would only flush out and expose the negatives.





It's not much of a peeping tom either since it is overt.





It's more of a tattletale.
Reply:peeping tom .... haha maybe they know every corner of celebs' houses better than the stars themselves
Reply:What hey?


Sound you were looking for a fight .


Little one.


Wait till I roll up my sleeve and give you the stripes.


The media is showing and telling us what is going on around us.


They are not peeping tom.


Will find peeping tom around the ladies wash rooms.
Reply:I think the media serves the purpose of in-acting the fantasies of most humans, the nature of humans to be curious.
Reply:Depends on whether you are an important person or not at all. Depends on who is their boss. Actually when you look around you, things are not as perfect as what they should be given the time frame. So you wonder if the media reports things to the big shot and what the big shot is doing when the media is not reporting to them ?
Reply:Its neither, its just driven by profit...
Reply:They do both, but only because we as the public feed them. If we as a society stopped caring what celebrities did 24 hours a day, then it would not be news worthy.





I personally do not care if they all get DUIs. It is their life and not my problem. For some reason, a lot of our country is very interested in celebrities' social life though.
Reply:a little bit of both, depending on who owns the network. and since the media is driven by profit, it just depends on which "story" is bringing in the big$$$
Reply:i think the media has a liberal bias
Reply:To me, media has become the root of all evil in this society. Media has become the ultimate bully telling people everything from who they should be to what they should spend their money on...





People don't know how to be themselves because they're too busy trying to be what the media says they should be.