I recently found this show called "Media Watch", which follows news media and investigates their story when something is not right. It kind of is an investigative journalism on journalism. This particular episode explored how the show, "Today Tonight" inaccurately reported the lives of asylum seekers and refugees. It was shocking to see how TT reported the lives of refugees and deliberately fueled anger into Australians. I guess this shows the differences between Commercia Media (Today Tonight) and Public Media (Media Watch). I believe any form of journalism, whether commercial or public, should always report truthfully and provide facts. This video was shocking to see how commercial media may distort information to gather more viewers. I think I will be watching my news on ABC or SBS from now on.
Watch the video yourself, the content is quite disturbing:
http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s3346987.htm
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