The news has been known to be biased based on what side you are looking from. In the U.S we like to be known of news that fits our bias and how we perceive the world around us. This means that news companies are able to bend the truths they broadcast to us based on who the audience is. This brings a question about where have the ethics and morality of news stations have gone. It seems to me that many news stations have sold out for the money instead of telling no bias news. It is also within my understanding that it is very hard to have no bias in the world we all have schemas that we call upon to give us evaluations on everything we do in life.
We saw this in the chapter with a Justin Bieber news where CNN chose to make that emergency news over a U.S representative. News stations are in a stage where they are more liable to fail if they don’t get the newest news out there in the public before others. This means they value quick and easy news coverage versus the things in the public that will actually effect us in our everyday lives.
This has become especially true in the one sector that hurts most of us the most which is death. News coverage usually reports celebrity deaths before even their families know. This happened with Kobe Bryant’s family that had to experience his first hand when the news of his death reached them after it was posted all online. This also involved Kobe’s daughter that would be described as a dark place that the news stations had fallen to when this event happened. The news station carred more about being first rather than the health and well being of the other family members that had to see this on news stations even before they were informed.
This can even be extended to other nations as well, like when Princess Diana of the British Royal Court was chased down by paparazzi that subsequently led to her death when trying to flee a situation.
Do you guys think morality has left news stations?
Will ethics ever return to the media?
Mass Media and American Life 
I think the only morality of the media is gone for now because the news is now about getting views not necessarily to bring you the stories that matter.
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I don’t think morality of the media has left but it has taken the back seat as of late. I feel wherever you look, media will present information that is going to offend somebody in some way. There is no way around it and I feel this is becoming more and more common in this day of age
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I believe mortality in the media never really existed due to the fact that every journalist is trying to get the next big scoop even if it means life’s and careers are at stake. With Covid taking the airways its much more prominent now to see the blatant lies in the news than it was before.
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I believe that there is always going to be a shred of morality in the media some where. It has come very obvious how disingenuous the media is over the past decade and the general public is fed up. I believe that there are very big changes in the media coming soon.
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