In Welcome to the Infotainment Freak Show by Martin Kaplan it is said that the media cares more about rating and having an audience then having news that matters. He gives examples of media including the news and the Internet which can distort the knowledge we obtain. The news wants a story regardless if it is important or not.
I agree with his idea that news is for entertainment and not of much importance anymore. The news decides Michael Jackson is more important than something major in the world.
Kaplan says," Instead of trying to tell us what's true, journalism now prides itself on finding two sides to every story, no matter how feeble one side may be" (140). This is one point on Kaplans main idea. He states that journalists just want a story no matter how they have to get it.
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