News medium

Chapter 12 critical thinking #3

To respond this question one should really compare the existing media news we have. It is very clear that all (broadcasting, print, or online medias) have their weakness in one way or the other. And one to say that type of media is the most believable source is not that easy. All the Medias are formed by some inevitable factors that can not be ignored. Some of those factors was mentioned in the text are tradition, technology, and economics. Those factors can formulate the news worthiness among the media. Since economic is also a main factor it will play a major role in the news media; its weakness or worthiness.
Online news is the least believable news media among those I mentioned above. Because the web journalists are too quick to post their news online, and they do not have enough time and enough gatekeepers to edit or check the credibility of the story, thus, the online journalism is not a source that can be relied on as a fact.
It seems that the other two media (broadcasting and print) are somewhat to be believable. But recent years, the broadcasting news, seems to be less believable than that of print due to the troubling events in the broadcasting media that damaged the industry’s credibility.
Printing media seems to have a higher rating on the believability of the news. The reason can be that it has the potential to present in-depth reporting and length analysis; which the broadcasting media lacks because of the time pressure. The print media have the time to check and edit its news before it reaches the readers, while the broadcast media do not have this advantage. Although the critics describe the printing media is a “slow and old fashion”; but it is an accurate and believable source of media that exist.