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Assignment #2B

Posted on September 14, 2016 by | Leave a comment

Corporate interest in a nutshell, is the interest of a company or commercial, which is beneficial to them through the use of empowerment and control. Basically corporate interests control what may be posted in the media, through large companies such as Fox 5 News, ABC News, or the New York Times. These various big companies receive quantities of views, and ratings since they are under corporate interest. Corporate interest effects the information we receive, by us receiving possible biased information. For example, information on Fox 5 News about a given issue, may not reveal the whole story..they may bias their own information, to get more ratings. Since corporate interests include a more political and governmental point of view, the public cannot be viewed as directly as they should be.

An example of an independent article infers how the public would not be the main source for information on an issue. In “ACLU Attorney: Growing number of murders of Trans women can’t be separated from Anti-Trans Laws” by democracy now.org, it is stated how recently a trans-woman was shot. She was shot by her mothers ex-boyfriend who also called her “the devil.” This article used attorney Chase Strangio to explain why murders are occurring. Unfortunately, Strangio concludes that state officials believe “that treating transgender people’ constitutes material cooperation with evil…under Affordable Care Act.” Sadly, due to bias to any information from anything government related, state officials must have also influenced transphobic people to act out. If treatment to trans-women or even trans-men were fair, this would not happen. If their own issues were displayed as positive, and they were portrayed as the good people the public knows them to be, maybe people wouldn’t get the idea to murder them. A Fox 5 News channel say, would not have included this story that may appear to be publicly controversial. Or maybe they would cover it by backing up the state officials, distributing bias to them.

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Assignment 2B

Posted on September 13, 2016 by | Leave a comment

Corporate interest effects the way we receive information because it eliminates the authenticity of news stories. According to this article called “Corporate interests and their impact on news coverage” it was said that the newspapers and television stations have not always gave the full story on news stories. It is sometimes altered or certain information is withheld. When it comes to corporate interest it’s a lot about things like politics and good reviews/ratings for news media sites. In order to find the most authentic new stories you most likely have to read independent news sites. An article on AlternativeNews.com that I read talked about the 9/11 attack and about information that has been withheld from the public. “The Daily News” newspaper or CNN news channel have never brought this to our attention. This article “Physicists: Overwhelming evidence all three buildings during 9/11 attack were controlled demolitions” states that “the only logical way that the three towers could have fallen in the manner that they did during the attacks was if they were controlled demolitions. The independent news site continues to give us the unknown information while the newspapers and television stations tend to focus on just corporate interest stories.

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Assignment 2B

Posted on September 13, 2016 by | Leave a comment

I believe that there is bias on everything. The media tries to focus so much on one side. A lot of news channels like Fox News, CNN, etc. tend to lean towards one side. You don’t really get an opinion on both of the sides of the story. Currently the news has been focused on presidential campaigns, especially focusing on Donald Trump and all his opinions about immigrants. Corporate Interest affects the information that we receive in another alternative. As we receive information from one another, it could be either biased or unbiased.  It depends on what kind of news (ex: Abc 7, Fox 5) or a source that we receive the information from. The media is trying to persuade us from one individual to another with their opinion, it may be spread around with different answers as a positive or negative sign on one topic. People believe that everything that they see or hear on a news channel is reliable information. The media wants us to believe that everything we see is true and they try to  persuade us into changing the way we view certain things.

Information that we receive being it bias or not has the effect of corporate interest. The media companies, due to their corporate interest to gain, sometimes changes the true meaning of the information being send across. Some sources try to make others look good, while others try to make them look bad. Certain media will make sure Donald Trump is looked as a “actual” good candidate but that is bad bias behavior for the people. Since Donald Trump has so much control, he can control the information that is put out there with the power of money to make him look good. Regardless the presidential campaign is for the people, and should stay for the people, so they should be given the right bias information in the media.

In response to the article, “Critical Thinking, Deviant Knowledge and the Alternative Press”, written by Thomas Eland in a newsletter in December 2004 for the Minneapolis Community and Technical College, I agree with the author’s assessment of the necessity for having more of an alternative press assessed view of the world in order to have a more balanced, and well-informed society. In turn this would create more of a democratic, more “hands-on” approach in making decisions dealing with our government.

I confirm that the manner in which the media is now set up is biased, simply because it only offers a one-sided view of their corporations’ interest collaborated with the interest of the major advertisers. An example of alternative news vs. mainstream media is written in an article, “These Students are Leading a Movement for Free College in the United States”, written by Rebecca Nathanson for Act Locally on November 15, 2015. The article is shown on the website www.inthesetimes.com. This article addresses the fight for Americans to go to college for free, and how Bernie Sanders has taken up this cause. I have not heard about this in mainstream media. The mainstream media didn’t really talk about this.

 

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Assignment 2B

Posted on September 11, 2016 by | Leave a comment

Corporate interest effects the information we receive by controlling what information gets published and by targeting a specific audience to generate profit.  Therefor, their ability to reach the masses is great and they are able to influence how many people think.  The companies that make up mainstream media are the big corporations with the most well-known names and the most assets and money  in the media industry that deliver news to the public.  Some of these entities include CBS and The New York Times.   These corporations play a major role in determining the focus of society’s attention because they are putting the information out there.  They have the most profit and can advertise as well as control what gets advertised.  They also effect smaller and less known media organizations, sometimes referred to as alternate media, because the topics they discuss trickle down to them.  The topics that are discussed in mass media are often political in nature and have underlying motives not in favor of the general public, and focus to attract the more elite population.

An example of a topic that may be portrayed differently by a mainstream organization than by an alternate organization is the violence surrounding  J’ouvert, a party celebrating Caribbean heritage that takes place in Brooklyn, New York during Carnival before Labor Day’s West Indian Day Parade every year.  In an article published by New York Amsterdam News (an independent news publisher centered on news pertaining the African American community) titled, “Electeds say blame violence, not carnival,” Stephon Johnson discusses how Brooklyn elected officials disagrees with mainstream depictions of  the continuation of J’ouvert as the root cause for the stabbings and shootings surrounding the annual event.  Brooklyn officials and some Brooklyn residents don’t see J’ouvert as a negative, violent-ridden event, but believe in its cultural value and think the party should still continue every year.  They clearly view the violence and the carnival as two separate entities.  New York City Council Member Laurie Cumbo states, “Gun violence in New York City is an epidemic, and it has been an issue for some time.”  However, J. David Goodman’s  article “Violence Casts a Shadow Over a Celebration in Brooklyn,” (published by The New York Times) focuses primarily on J’ouvert as “plagued by violence,” discussing the death of one of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s former aide’s, Carey Gabay,who was shot and killed when a gun feud between rival gangs took place near the J’ouvert party in 2015.  The article provides examples of violence that took place in J’ouvert’s area over several years and seemingly waters down the prevalence of gun violence in New York City.  Goodman states, “…shootings are at near-record lows, 969 people have been shot this year.”

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