2016 was a big year for the entire country. With such a big election happening the profession of journalism was working at an all time high. Even with putting in all the work to cover the election, the election did not repay them. No profession was affected more by the election than Journalism.
The coverage of Donald Trump by media was kind of sickening. When he first announced his presidency everyone thought of it was a joke. When he finally won the republican nomination he did not receive any praise just scrutiny.
But how as media personal could you say good things about Trump when he said some of the disgusting things that he did? It was very tough for journalists to figure out how to cover both Trump and Hillary Clinton. If they cover Trump too little the media would be scrutinized for being biased towards Clinton. If they tried to even out the coverage Clinton supporters would argue that the media is supporting what Trump has said in the past. " Journalists job is to educate the public so they can make an informed decision."
That did not happen for journalists doing the 2016 election. Instead it was scrutinizing and figuring out how much bias to give to one candidate or the other. So how will journalism cover future elections?
by Justin Frommer
This is exactly how my cousin felt throughout this whole election. He works for Channel 7 in Detroit and he would always complain about the way Donald Trump was portraying the media. He would always talk about whether he and his colleagues were Republican or not and that because of the way Donald treated the media that they voted against him.
ReplyDeleteThe medie definitely were able to sway some votes in whatever direction they wanted based on what new stations were talking about
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