Journalism
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Journalism
There are opposing positions on reporting the truth these days. Some people believe that journalists only concentrate on the small elements of information. They only reveal the final stage of the shocking truth, only telling small amount of details to the public, so the truth is usually limited. Thus making people oblivious to what is really going on in the world today. Others may say that music such as rock, rap, and some movies may reveal more truth than anything else. There are rappers and rock groups singing about dramatic life experiences to their listeners. This allows people to be more in tune with the truth and how cruel things could really be.
It is true that in the news the “larger part of the [truth] of a story is often missed or ignored” (Journalism and The Larger Truth 411). Reports tend to try and keep people interested in their stories, which lead to over exaggerations or under exaggerations. This type of journalism is called “Yellow Journalism”, which basically are exaggerations on a certain topic. Many times a lot of details are withheld because it will change the point of a story, at times information might even be added that isnt true just to catch the listeners attention.
In television shows like Roseanne shows u how a mother deals with her teenage daughters and with money issues and sexual conflicts, or how Murphy Brown deals with motherhood and other life problems that may relate to everyday people. These are real life situation that people have and the television shows capture them best. It may even give ideas to people that may be going through the same situations.
In music business, there are many singers expressing the problems in their paths to live life enjoyably. Take Eminem for instance, he wanted to be a rapper his whole life but people looked down on him and didnt want to accept him