ented on todays newscast is the same news that has been earlier presented, the only things that change are the victims, dates, times and locations, but in reality they are all the same types of incidents. Which is a very valid point. News castors in a way are persuading us to trust them to inform us so that we will tune in day in and day out, and they use our emotions to do so. In the authors opinion the news castors have it down to a formula, same news different day. It would seem as if they know that the blood and gore of a shooting, or act of violence creates tension and even more interest so that people will keep on tuning in. The news truly is not what we think it is. What makes the news important to American social history. The fact that people rely upon the news to keep them updated in the current events. Ever since the first form of mass communication, news papers, people wanted and needed to know what was going on in the world around them. It is human nature to desire to know what is going on around you. That would explain why people buy into the idea of news and even of gossiping. People find comfort in being informed. All though the news is not always accurate, which was proven when news castors blamed people of Arabic descent for the Oklahoma City bombing. When in fact it was an American, Timothy McVay. Yet everyday people still rely upon it for information. This has always been the same from newspaper to radio to television people are always looking for some new information. While doing the last paper I learned a lot about the news. But this taught me even more. I learned that the writers of newscasts have to be very creative. A newscast writer would never say something like This is something you will probably never have to worry about., however they would say This could possibly happen to you. They use our emotions to keep us interested and impacted by the news that we watch so that tomorrow at five oclock we will on...
