Newstainment

After watching the Newstainment videos and discussing this form of media, I believe Newstainment is a negative trend because it shows one side of every issue, doesn’t allow people to think for themselves, and skews information to fit their ideas.

            Although many people would agree that this form of media is fairly entertaining and can occasionally give you correct and useful information, these positives do not outweigh the negatives. The bias approach of both conservative and liberal sides only allows viewers to see that point of view. It is not like many other news sources that expose proven facts and give little opinion on the matter. This problem also fits my third idea, that the information Newstainment sources give viewers is not always accurate and can be manipulated to make you think their side of the argument is right. I’m sure many people who watch either FOX News (conservative) or MSNBC (liberal) have already made their minds up about which side of the political spectrum they are on, but if an undecided or moderate individual comes across a Newstainment channel and hears this bias information, their ability to think for themselves could be corrupted. Maybe it should be up to each viewer to know whether you can believe information or not but shouldn’t any news channel give accurate facts about any issue and let the public choose what’s best for them? I believe for the previous reasons that Newstainment is a negative trend.