In the readings, television news sets the standard by directing our attention toward a daily series of unrelated events just to entertain the audience. It reveals its main purpose, which is to entertain, not to inform which they make it seem to be. A newspaper critic believes that, “the job of the anchorman is to distract viewers from the disturbing parade of images that constitutes the news”. The article goes on by saying how newswomen never have any wrinkles, in another words the newswomen are always young and pretty looking women. I agree with that belief in our media today. In the article it states that’s, “seven out of ten people now get their information about the world exclusively from TV. Yet one recent study revealed that these people can no longer give even one reason to justify their choice of a particular political candidate or policy”. I also believe and agree with the facts. I see it happen all the time with people arguing about politics and have no idea what they’re talking about and have no evidence to back up what they are saying. The job of TV news is to distract us from worrying thoughts while preserving the excitement provided by an illusion of danger and fear.
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