Mass Media Debate Con 
Mass Media (Con Team) Gabby: Closing (30 seconds) and TV (MSNBC, FOX, CNN)
Nikki: Internet and Opening
Nicole: TV (Latenight talk shows, etc.)
Jessica: Radio
Estefania: Newspapers LA times
Rayne: Blogs and Websites that do fastchecks (Gabby)
MSNBC, CNN, FOX NEWS
MSNBC, CNN, & Fox News are mostly opinionated shows engage their viewers into making biased decisions
The anchors make their reports for the good of their job.
The information could sometimes harm the victim or business in the events.
In March, a Pew Research Center study found that 85 percent of MSNBC’s programming is dedicated to opinion, versus 15 percent that is dedicated to news.
CNN dedicates 46 percent to opinion and 54 percent to news.
Fox News dedicated just 55 percent of its programming to opinion and 45 percent to news.
give up on the straight news coverage and go straight to controversy
CNN discusses negativity about Republican candidates (margin of 3 to 1)
CNN is one of the world's largest news organizations
CNN international is the leading international news channel in terms of viewer reach
. CNN International makes extensive use of affiliated reporters that are local to, and often directly affected by, the events they are reporting.
The effect is a more immediate, less detached style of ontheground coverage. This has done little to stem criticism, largely from Middle Eastern nations, that CNN
International reports news from a proAmerican perspective. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN_controversies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_News_Channel_controversies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSNBC_controversies http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2013/12/ismsnbcworsethanfoxnews179175.html
Nikki: Internet
● Internet is leading to increased political polarization
● this causes a tendency of likeminded individuals to cluster even closer together in their viewpoints
● False information spreads
Nikki: Internet and Opening
Nicole: TV (Latenight talk shows, etc.)
Jessica: Radio
Estefania: Newspapers LA times
Rayne: Blogs and Websites that do fastchecks (Gabby)
MSNBC, CNN, FOX NEWS
MSNBC, CNN, & Fox News are mostly opinionated shows engage their viewers into making biased decisions
The anchors make their reports for the good of their job.
The information could sometimes harm the victim or business in the events.
In March, a Pew Research Center study found that 85 percent of MSNBC’s programming is dedicated to opinion, versus 15 percent that is dedicated to news.
CNN dedicates 46 percent to opinion and 54 percent to news.
Fox News dedicated just 55 percent of its programming to opinion and 45 percent to news.
give up on the straight news coverage and go straight to controversy
CNN discusses negativity about Republican candidates (margin of 3 to 1)
CNN is one of the world's largest news organizations
CNN international is the leading international news channel in terms of viewer reach
. CNN International makes extensive use of affiliated reporters that are local to, and often directly affected by, the events they are reporting.
The effect is a more immediate, less detached style of ontheground coverage. This has done little to stem criticism, largely from Middle Eastern nations, that CNN
International reports news from a proAmerican perspective. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN_controversies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_News_Channel_controversies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSNBC_controversies http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2013/12/ismsnbcworsethanfoxnews179175.html
Nikki: Internet
● Internet is leading to increased political polarization
● this causes a tendency of likeminded individuals to cluster even closer together in their viewpoints
● False information spreads