After reviewing the front page of each of the websites, consider each of the following questions below:
• Which of the three would be considered the "hard" news outlet?
• What are the "headline" stories of each of the three news sources?
• Which of the three is focused almost entirely on entertainment and celebrity news?
• Which of the three uses a "sensational" or "shocking" headline to draw attention? What is that headline?
• Where do you feel mainstream television media falls in this spectrum? Can you think of different examples of television news programs that align roughly with the three examples posted above?
• Do you feel mainstream media has a responsibility to be more objective and investigative in their journalistic styles than other media outlets? Why or why not?
• Do you feel that mainstream media sensationalizes the news in any way? If so, what impact do you feel it has and does it matter?
After reviewing the front page of each of the websites, consider each of the following questions below:
• Which of the three would be considered the "hard" news outlet?
• What are the "headline" stories of each of the three news sources?
• Which of the three is focused almost entirely on entertainment and celebrity news?
• Which of the three uses a "sensational" or "shocking" headline to draw attention? What is that headline?
• Where do you feel mainstream television media falls in this spectrum? Can you think of different examples of television news programs that align roughly with the three examples posted above?
• Do you feel mainstream media has a responsibility to be more objective and investigative in their journalistic styles than other media outlets? Why or why not?
• Do you feel that mainstream media sensationalizes the news in any way? If so, what impact do you feel it has and does it matter?
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