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  • <h4 class="dechead">On One Hand: Bad News Travels Fast

    Throughout history, it has always been the most disastrous news that makes the front page of the newspaper. Today, you don't have to wait for the morning newspaper or the evening broadcast. Just open up your Internet browser and the latest negative news will be thrown in your face. Even if you try to avoid the news, you can't; if you log into your favorite social media site you'll find your friends updating their status and blogging all about the latest sex scandals, celebrity deaths, as well as natural disasters, and the tragedies concerning the war of the day.

    On the Other: Some Bad News Breaks Slowly

    The war in Vietnam is one example of how the truth about negative news can sometimes take years to come out. Although there was plenty of media coverage during the war, many events only began to unfold nearer the end of the war. The massacre in My Lai, in which American soldiers killed hundreds of men, women and children, was not reported until a year after its occurrence.

    Bottom Line

    The fast-paced age of the Internet puts added pressure on news organizations to get breaking stories posted immediately. The Internet also gives nearly anyone the ability to post news. Yet, even with all this speed and freedom to self-publish, there will always be shameful secrets that remain hidden from the public eye. At least, for now.

    Source:

    The Washington Post: Bad News Travels Fast and Furiously

    GlobalIssues.org: Media, Propaganda and Vietnam

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