“A Year in the News” looked at news in 2007- what issues were most discussed, and also what the public wanted to see/ didn’t want to see. The most interesting part of “A Year in the News” was the graph which showed public interest v. media coverage. The disconnect between what was most reported in the news in 2007, and what the public actually wanted to see- was startling. Gas prices rising was the largest issue the public wanted to see, but got less than 5% in news coverage.
Though there are more media outlets than ever, they seem to all be just relaying the same information over and over again. While this may have to do with funding, we need more progressive media organizations to broadcast issues that the public isn’t getting in mainstream news outlets.
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