To go along with this blog I plan on reading on reading a very intriguing novel. The title of this novel is Heat & Light: Advice for the Next Generation of Journalists by Mike Wallace and Beth Knobel. This was one of Mike Wallace's last works for he died recently. Most people know Mike Wallace as the anchor on CBS 60 minutes. Beth Knobel is a former journalist now professor at Forham Univeristy in New York. In just the short amount of the book that I have read, it has already talked about many points that I plan on bringing up in the future.
A journalist is a grumbler, a censurer, a giver of advice, a regent of sovereigns, a tutor of nations. Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.
--Napoleon Bonaparte
Link to Heat & Light
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Premise
Throughout this blog, I will be examining the major roles of the press in our world. Some examples of things the press does are informing the public about current events, keeping the government in check, etc.
There is a broad spectrum of people in this world regarding current events. On one end there are the people that are highly informed and possibly at the drastic point of believing in conspiracy theories. On the opposite end there are people that have no idea what's going on and believe whatever they're told regardless of the source. With this spectrum in mind, the average person sits right in the middle. In essence the average press keeps the citizens balanced.
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