After watching the Frontline it was ridiculous to see what they were saying about how the news is reported. They did a segment on the Daily Show and how it was intended to be a show that made fun of the news but ended up being a show that got many viewers. The producer of the show said it was sad that Americans thought of this show as an actual news program, that was not what it was meant for. The show was meant to be funny and it ended up being something that people watched instead of actual news.
I do watch this show because it is funny. For me it is more enjoyable to watch the Daily Show instead of actual news because it does make fun of it but you are still get the news stories but just in a different light. This also makes me think of SNL and the Weekend Update. I watch that just to see what is going on in news because I do not like to watch it on TV. SNL also gives news stories that were on that week but they make fun of it too.
The part about the blogging and how that became such a huge thing did not surprise me. The girl that ran that show became huge with just her desk and background of a map. They were using home-made things to produce this blog and it became such a success that she got her own spot on a show. If someone can go out and make a homemade news blog and get viewers like that then think what anyone can post blogs about. Its like the guy that goes around making up fake news stories and how much coverage he got with that. It just shows how much ridiculous news is made and how much gets coverage.
They did a really good job overall with the Murrow aspect of news reporting and showing the different angels that the public sees news as. I enjoyed watching the Frontline episode and seeing what they say about America and there views on the news.
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