News Unit
What is News? Information about events A broadcast or published report of news A person or thing considered interesting enough to be reported in the news Informative but has become entertainment Fake News Political Profit Educate Influence/Persuade Facts Newspapers are NOT PSB (like the BBC) they are commercial publications. Over three quarter (77.8%) of the British press is owned by a handful of Billionaires Over a quarter (27.3%) of the press is owned by Lord Rothermere and 24.9% by Rupert Murdoch- between them these 2 men have over 50% of the printed press. Newspapers and their online publications (Example of synergy/convergence) are not legally obliged to provide a un-bias public information service. These are ethical and moral codes of press conduct but the printed press is self regulatory industry. Fake News Cottingley Fairies- Orson Welles War of the Worlds Franklin D. Roosevelt- presiden...