Newspaper reliable sources of information ?

With all those sensationalized and exaggerated news . I think newspaper are still the most reliable sources of information i would say it is our only source of information . Newspaper is where we get our daily entertainment news , business , world news and etc . Without the newspaper we wont get the news we want to know and we might not be able to gain the knowledge that is needed . We read what caught our attention and what is interesting . Therefore i should say that it is up to us to believe whether one news are sensationalized or exaggerated . That is how newspaper get it popularity and it is also how they earn their moeny .

A serious issue ignored

Why yellow press can be circulated freely after being sued and pressed charges against by common people, celebrities, and even political power ( The Government ). and yet the media can still stand till today. the law does not forbid the printing of news and stories in millions as long as the stories does not have royal issues or government issues that were manipulated. They can write freely on anything they want within limits. there is little we can do about yellow press, if we're the victim of yellow press then only we will know the truth. People believes the majority and the yellow press are cater to the " majority ". There is little we can do to stop this. Other people's misfortune are another entertainment for us. We will never feel the pain until the blade cuts right through our skin.

Agree with david post

"The media are playing a part in the political world not only just reporting events but manipulating and exaggerating it to gain public interest."
They are just give information to the audiences, but in the other hand, they are just manipulated the audiences and make the media rate to be higher to earn money. They never care of the audiences and they just want make the stories more interesting.

I agree with David

As david say , " Yeah of course we get our source of information from the media such as the newspapers and broadcasting news. To much of our knowledge, not ALL of the stories written are true. Stories can be written by anybody and anyone to believe it." . I also agreed that newspapers give us information. But not all the stories are true. It's up to that individual to choose to believe it or not. Anyone in this world can post any stories on the net, they can jz simply blog it without the evidence or truth of the news.

The Sensational Beginnings of Yellow Journalism

_{According to; (http://alt.tnt.tv/movies/tntoriginals/roughriders/jour.home.html), this is how yellow journalism mushroomed;}

n 1898, newspapers provided the major source of news in America. At this time, it was common practice for a newspaper to report the editor's interpretation of the news rather than objective journalism. If the information reported was inaccurate or biased, the American public had little means for verification. With this sort of influence, the newspapers wielded much political power. In order to increase circulation, the publishers of these papers often exploited their position by sponsoring a flamboyant and irresponsible approach to news reporting that became known as "yellow journalism." Though the term was originally coined to describe the journalistic practices of Joseph Pulitzer, William Randolph Hearst proved himself worthy of the title. Today, it is his name that is synonymous with "yellow journalism."

News papers and magazines have since carried this legacy for centuries...and it is working to their advantage. Even though people know of this yellow journalism, they tend to turn a blind eye to its damages, they enjoy the gossip, they secretly want to see the downfall of successful people. This is entertainment to a whole lot of people, including me. To be honest, good news isn't so exciting, but EVERY SCANDAL is good news to all the gossip magazines...as far as I am concerned, this will never stop, unless if news papers or any media company wants to go bankrupt...but since these people are into this thing for profit,then will continue to embrace yellow journalism to satisfy the ever growing demands and addiction of gossip and scandal lovers....*evil grin*

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Referrences

This is the website I found on the new.
http://shanghaiist.com/2008/02/05/edison_chen_bob.php
There are some news about the scandal of Hong Kong Stars.
They just simply post those news on it .
After you have vies this website, have you think of it's the story is true or jz a lie?
Have you ever think of it?

Are newspapers reliable sources of information?

For me, I think that newspapers are a reliable source of information just like any others like TV and radio. I had read a scandal news through newspapers. It's about a Hong Kong actors' scandal. Release of picture of Hong Kong Stars , Edison Chen, Bobo Chan, Gilian Chuang, Cecilia Cheung are currently embroiled in an embarrassing sex photo scandal that has whipped up a storm in the territory and the rest of the Chinese-speaking world. It all started on 27 January when various photographs of people resembling the above-named celebrities. In additions, the people in media sensationalized some of the news in that. They simply add others actors in that news as to make the news more exciting and attractful. Do they really care of other people feeling?Are actors not a humans as us? They don't have a life?