Reacting to WLKY on U of L Sex Scandal

I was recently ranting about how WLKY publishes too much crime stories that are not newsworthy, but I have found one that is. The story is about the U of L sex scandal where the former U of L basketball director invited prostitutes on campus to strip and have sex with the recruits and players at on-campus parties. This article is very much newsworthy because it effects a lot of people (players and coaches) for a period of time. It also gets straight to the point and is brief which will attract more people because I am sure they don't want to read a lengthy article that just has one point and then rambles on and on.

http://www.wlky.com/news/report-subpoenas-issued-in-uofl-basketbal-sex-scandal-investigation/36150450

Crime Stories On WLKY

Roughly 36% of WLKY's stories are reporting crime. That number should not be nearly as high if they were reporting a newsworthy crime story. Newsworthiness is measured by effecting a lot of people for a period of time. Most of the crime stories reported are no where near to newsworthy. The titles are somewhere along the lines of "Blank killed Blank and they are now in court". If it doesn't effect more than the family and friends of the victim/witness/criminal, then don't publish it. Sure many people find the stories quite interesting, but it is not actual news which is what they came to your channel/site to see. A newsworthy crime story would be about a mass-murder, criminal on the loose, or threat.

Television

Ever since Farnsworth discovered a way to send pictures wirelessly, the world has changed drastically. First of all, T.V. brings a stationary presence, which means that you are sitting down while you are watching it. It also draws you in and away from social and physical activities, which I believe is one of the main roots to our obesity problem. Most people who spend the majority of their time watching television, are more prone to underdeveloped social skills. Television can also change your political views which can be good and bad. For example, T.V. can give you more information about candidates, which is good if it is verified and true. Television also changed the world economically. If you see an product advertised by a character by an actor on your favorite T.V. show, you are more likely to buy it. In addition to advertisements, you will want to purchase merchandise form shows and movies you enjoy.

WLKY Lacking Presidential Election News

Every time I turn on the television to watch the 5:30 P.M. news, I expect to see at least one headline about the upcoming presidential election, but I see none. For the last month, WLKY has reported 1 or 2 stories about the election that holds our country's fate, which seems very important to the citizens of the United States but not important enough to report on. I recently checked the website for any news on the election and I found a total of 2 stories. In the politics section of the website you would think that the whole section is filled with stories about both democratic and republican debates, but there was only one to be found. WLKY has violated the watchdog yardstick of journalism because they simply are not giving people information about critical news stories involving keeping an eye on people with power, such as politicians.
http://www.wlky.com

Movies

When a media's attention falls, demassification follows it almost every single time. Demassification is when a media focuses on a single or many small, specific audiences. For movies, this is entirely true. After the television became a household item in the 1950's, people have chosen to invest in T.V.'s instead of buying a cheap movie ticket. Don't get me wrong, the movie industry still makes roughly about 1,352 million dollars a year, but after television, it has wisely chosen to demassify. Movies focused on making the audience feel something that they could not get any other place than a movie theatre, such as large screen, no commercials or interruptions, dark setting, and sophisticated sound. Movies also provide social aspects that when new movie comes out that is being talked about on the tabloids, you want to be there to say you watched it first. It is actually amazing that so much thought and work went into the demassification of movies to make it like no other experience.

Radios

Most people do not use radios as a hot medium anymore, which means a media that requires all of your attention, they use it as a cool medium, which is a media that is playing while your attention is focused on something else. It is not often that you see a family gathered around a radio, listening to a talk-show or baseball game. They use televisions for that. During this radio lecture that Mr. Miller gave, I could not believe that Tesla invented broadcasting devices over 100 years ago and that one was in almost every single car in the world. The radio has many more uses than just entertainment, it was used, and still is, for war purposes. The radio in 1895 compared to the radio in 2015 did not receive many channels and when it did, it was in a specific area because there were not many. Now, you can find at least one radio station almost everywhere in the United States. Just because the radio is a cool medium, does not mean it has been forgotten.