Does today’s media do more harm than good? Where should the privacy line be drawn?
By: Hannah Vernon
On December 14, 2012, disaster struck Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown Connecticut. Many children and adults were killed, leaving the town devastated by the tragedy. As soon as the public heard of this event they yearned for more information on the topic, causing the media to attack the recently crippled homes and families of the victims.
Today’s media consists of many different things, for example, social networking sites and apps, your local news stations and major ones like CNN. News reporter, Journalists and others flood the scene after the disaster hit, being in the way of people trying move on and forget what happened. But the Media also shines a lot of the light on the one person who may have caused the pain on the families. Some people who want attention that the media is giving. They will go as far as killing people so that other people will notice their names. Today’s media has definitely crossed many lines.
By: Mrs. McAllister
The media is an excellent source of “LIVE”, “HAPPENING NOW”, & “JUST IN” broadcast of information that is at one’s fingertips 24/7. We live in a society where we expect everything to be instant, microwavable, and immediate with high speed Internet, smartphones, & tablets. With that said, today’s media does more harm with reporting too much information, and being continuous and extensive with no interruptions. It’s like a never ending flow of detailed information with very little or no respect for the victims, authority, or anybody for that matter. There are no ethical or moral standards with the media.
