MCOM 4003 - Colby Clinton

The Power of Tabloids: The National Examiner. Everyone has seen them while checking out at the store. "FBI Captures Bat Child," "Obama hid his Gay Lifestyle to be President," these are the headlines that line the check out counter next to the chewing gum and the Yu-Gi-Oh! cards. As a child, I would ask whoever I was at the store with about the headlines and if they were true. "Did they really find Tupac in Cuba with Elvis," is something I would've probably asked. I'd like to think that this begs the question, "how much power do tabloids have?" I'm willing to bet the answer is, "a lot." Before taking a deep dive into the wondrous world of tabloid journalism, I can't help but to compare tabloid journalism to the 'Bias in Cable News' assignment, wherein the effort of outdoing competitors leads to a lack of credibility, but in a different sense as tabloid journalism is universally distrusted. Whenever I th...

The War that Everyone Loses: Fox vs CNN. We live in an interesting time; nearly 70% of Americans get at least some of their news from social media according to  The Pew Research Center . Information has never been more available than now. Any query can be answered with a simple search from a device that fits in your pocket. Because of this, the prevalence of news and the means by which it can be found are extended. Information residing online has always been questioned for credibility.  Wikipedia  is one of the most visited websites in the world ( Similar Web ) and contains over ten million pages of articles in dozens of languages. However, Wikipedia is not a trusted source. Wikipedia employs a small, trusted staff of about 300 employees but the website and it's articles can be contributed to and edited by anyone. via  The Independent Every article has citations and is fact checked by staff and other verified contributors. Every change is noted by Wikipe...