Question 3

My favorite and most interesting part of this weeks reading is media agendas. The gatekeepers especially in news reporting I feel are controversial because they get to choose what is relevant to them or the news station. Fox News is known as a republican type station where they tailor their news stories to the opinions of the republican party or to make the party look better. More times than not, the media, especially the use of television, brings stories their relevance even if there is not one. One of the stories lately that I feel the media has made a bigger deal than in reality is the pandemic of the swine flu. Yes it is important for health officials and people to be more aware of this but the media has made it to a point where people are over reacting about every little sniffle or cough.