This week I wrote a paper on the framing of foreign news by media sources. It helped me realize the influences Media has on the way people perceive certain news stories. I read an article by Robert Entman which compared the two news stories that were exactly the same but were presented differently by the media. It was the story of the Korean Airline being shot down by the Soviet Union and how it was viewed as a murderous event. The same incident happened to the United States, where they brought down an innocent civilian plan and their actions were considered a mistake. While the Soviet were protrayed as Killers the U.S. was portrayed not responsible for the incident. The news organizations used images and language to portray each incident differently which the public believed. Now this was in the 80s but it seems like news framing is still happening today.
Fox news for instance is the most bias news corporation ever. News is supposed to be unbiased and factual for the most part, in order for the public to develop their own opinions about the events that are happening throughout the world. Instead they frame their news stories to fit the republican parties political agenda. The news reporters use vague words and use their own opinions in their news coverage.
I feel news framing will never end and we as the audience will always receive an altered version of the real facts.
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