Responsible Journalism
How the Press Covers the Most Important Events of Our Existence
The media of our society is a complex conglomerate. One can read newspapers and magazines with the click of a button, and access countless journals with unlimited information much the same way. Furthermore, there is that monster of an invention that feeds biased and, sometimes, useless information every single minute of every day: the television. If an observer saw the amount of information with which we are bombarded every day, he would surely marvel at our capacity to absorb anything at all, much less what is important. The way that the press covers important events, especially the written media, is vital to our understanding of the world. This paper will thus focus on what responsible journalism means, especially when related to humanitarian crises and other such life-changing events, but will also touch upon how the media covers various issues for its own benefit and profit in order to examine whether the media of our society is truly biased and whether it is conducting responsible journalism.
Introduction to Responsible Journalism
The concept of "responsible journalism" is somewhat difficult to pinpoint. To give it a definition, it may mean covering a certain event from a completely objective point-of-view. Another view would classify it as covering only important events that can influence and affect a society, so that society may be informed as to what to do in cases of distress. According to the British Broadcast Corporation (BBC), responsible journalism means:
"…not avoiding important issues and stories because they are difficult or complex […] producing regular and frequent coverage of these matters and [providing] programming to inform the public so that [it] can make [its] own judgments […] dealing with what is significant and important in society in the most serious minded sense of the words […] not just what is topical or titillating […] earning its...
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