In class on Wednesday, we watched a documentary called "News War" from FRONTLINE news. It is a four part special series examining the political, cultural, legal, and economic forces that is challenging the news media today. In chapter four, newspaper played the origin of where real journalism is from but today it is being challenged by the taking over of corporate ownership and technological advances.

Is the news a form of entertainment? Today it seems like news can be compared to a form of entertainment. Ted Koppel once said, "give the public what it wants, not necessary what it aught to hear, what it aught to see, what it needs, but what it wants. That may prove to be one of the greatest tragedy in the history of American journalism." It used to be that news had a real mission, to serve the public what it needs, but it seems like these days news can be in any form. Before the government actually had the FCC mandate the news to inform the public what was important. Corporate take over change all that, today it is just the money making industry of entertainment in which real journalism is limited to its successor.

Today, there are so many forms of news. Take for example; Rocketboom, a simple amateur news media in which anyone with a laptop can present news because technology enables people to do so. And with the uncertainty of newspaper in the near future, real journalism is once again in danger of being eliminated. However, technology solve some of the problem of needing more diversity in news reporting. Now anyone and everyone can have the opportunity to present and connect to whatever news that interest them. In my opinion, people will watch whatever interest them, and real journalism will continue on with the ones that dig further for the truth than just what is presented to them.