News Paper STRIKE!

Barnett, Emma. "Rupert Murdoch to remove News Corp's content from Google 'in months'." Telegraph.co.uk. 13 November 2009.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/digital-media/6559694/Rupert-Murdoch-to-remove-News-Corps-content-from-Google-in-months.html

Jonathan Miller (Digital officer of News Corp) say he is ready to block all internet access to the news paper. Google is to vast and the News industry can not stay afloat if you can access it for free on the internet. Google is a gigantic research device and it is really putting a dent in the news papers budget. Some news papers only let you view the first couple paragraphs of each article, but once one person get it they can post it on another web page that is easily accessed by google. This defeats the purpose of the news companies. Mr. Miller said they will be taking action on this in the next few months.

I can see why the news papers are getting mad about this. You really can look up anything on google. for instance I looked up the news article for this and it didn't cost me a penny. I have a feeling that if they take there news of the internet that they will soon be over looked and the will dramatically loose business. Personally I love google and I do not have any problem with how vast the search is. It will be interesting to see what comes next in the News paper strike.

Youth crime news: Media are problem, media are the solution

Jamieson, Robert L. "Media are problem, media are the solution." Seattle-pi. 10 Apr. 2001. 

http://www.seattlepi.com/jamieson/17979_robert10.shtml

The media might create a lot of problems and conflicts in our lives but I also provides many solutions and Answers. The media has lots of pictures, especially with news on the T.V., about important events. "But increasingly those images are providing a distorted, if dire, view of adolescents and crime, according to a national study to be released today." But on the other hand, would we get the full picture unless we got those strong images?

"The report said: "The problem is not the inaccuracy of individual stories, but that the cumulative choices of what is included -- or not included -- in the news presents the public with a false picture of higher frequency and severity of crime than is actually the case."" So, We either risk the chance of not having a full story or having the full story but from 'one point of view'.

I can see both sides of this argument. We talk about this in class all the time. I think the media really does have corrupted points of view, but I can see the need for the full story even if it was filmed by just one person. It is really hard for me personally to take a side on this topic.