In the ABC news report on the incident that a man was planning a
shooting at the Breaking Dawn part 2 movie in a small town in Missouri they
present the facts but they do it in a way that seems as if they are distant from
the situation. The point of view of the ABC News uses in their report of this
seems to be distant because they constantly relate back to the movie theater
shooting that happened in Colorado. They also do not focus very much on how
this affects the community or surrounding areas. (ABC News, 2012)
Throughout the report the reporter seems to be objective because
even though he is not looking out the affect on the community he is looking at
the bigger picture. He seems to emphasis on how the incident was possible but
did not actually happen. Overall the reporter seems to do a good job reporting
what actually happened. However, they should not have included a clip from the
movie Breaking Dawn part 2 because this makes it seem as though they do not
take the incident seriously. (ABC
News, 2012)
Not only did the ABC New program ad a clip that they should not
have. They also should have added more information about how the man was
planning on doing a shooting at the local Wal-Mart and then moving on to the
movie theater. Because they did not
include this it does not inform the views as well. (ABC News, 2012)
The new show KY3 had a much more personal approach on reporting
this incident. They showed more footage of local people and how they felt about
what could have happened. In doing this it makes the view realize how the
people in the community were being affected by this. (KY 5, 2012)
It seems as though the reporter in this news program was objective
but they were slightly more subjective with the fact that these are real people
that it affect. They demonstrate this point of view by showing the views of the
locals and also saying that they personally asked the theater if they were
planning on upping the security. Throughout this news report almost everything
was relevant and needed to be in the program. However, the comment for the
local about how there was concern that the man was going to hurt himself or
someone else was unnecessary. The only thing that this news program omitted was
that the man planned on first going to Wal-Mart and shooting then afterwards
going to the theater and shooting more. They did mention that he was planning
on shooting at Wal-Mart but not that he was planning on doing it right before
the theater shooting. (KY 5,
2012)
KCT 5 News seemed to do an overall good job at reporting the
incident. They seem to also be objective when they are reporting the facts.
They do not seem subjective about the subject but they seem as though the
emphasis with the people. They demonstrate this point of view by reporting only
the facts and not adding their personal opinion. (KCT 50, 2012)
The only thing that was included in this program that should not
have been was the shot of the red truck while the reporter was talking. It
makes the view wonder, “Is this a random truck?” “Is this the shooters truck?”
Because they do not explain this shot they should not have included it. The
information that they did not include that they should have was that the
possible shooter was mentally ill and that was why it was important for him to
be on his medication. (KCT 50,
2012)
The various social groups in the KCT 5 news and KY 5 news are both
portrayed in a way that they are concerned locals. The viewer sees these people
as people that could have been victims of a horrible thing. However, in the ABC
news program social groups were not represented at all. This makes the view not
take what could have happened as seriously because they are not seeing the
personal effect that it is having on people.
In the news program that ABC puts on they seem to sensationalize
the incident for entertainment. They do this by continuously bringing up the
Colorado movie theater shooting and by having the Breaking Dawn Part 2 movie
clip in the middle of the program. This news segment does not affect my
personal values because before seeing it I knew the facts and knew they were
not presenting all of them.
The KY 5 program did not seem to sensationalize the incident. They
reported the facts and detail that viewers would want to know about the shooter
and what could have happened. This news program affects my personal values
because I sympathize with the people living in the area. It makes me wonder
what would have happened and how would I feel if I lived in that area. It makes
my beliefs of not going to the movie theater even stronger after first the
Colorado shooting and then this.
KCT 5 news seems that they are also not trying to sensationalize
the issue that happened. They focus on all of the facts and do not add much
that did not need to be. This program did not affect my personal values as much
as the KY 5. This is because it did not focus as much on the locals and how
they felt about the subject. This made it easier to separate myself from the
subject more.
Overall all three of the programs presented the facts. While some
did it better than others it seems as the they all wanted to portray what
actually happened and tried to not skew the information as much as they could.
All of the facts in each news program helped inform people about what happened
in Missouri with that man that day.
References
KY 5 [MrViralNews]. (2012, Nov 16). Twilight Movie Theater Shooting and Walmart Mass Shooting - Blaec [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR8keggAiC
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