So I was watching BBC, which is British Broadcasting Corporation. Its a worldwide news channel and its one of my favorite news channels. I think its really because of the way they present themselves and how clear they are when they speak. There were three main stories presented when I watched BBC tonight. The first main story was about the protests against French President Sarkozy's reform. It was very informative and it showed both sides of the story. It actually went into depth and was very informative as many people today are protesting against Nicholas Sarkozy's new reforms. It showed footages of families that went against Sarkozy and a footage of Sarkozy defending himself. The next story was about the withdrawal of the families in Ghajar, a village that lies on the border of Lebanon and Israel. The issue is that the northern part of the village is in Lebanon territory, and due to security reasons, military forces have pushed people from the village out. However, many of the people from the village refuse to leave the village because its their home and where they have grown up. The next and last story was about the development of the television. TV began as a heavy box. But today you see flat screens in every room in the house! What is next though? According to BBC, the next thing is going to be Google TV and Apple TV where you can play video games, watch TV, use the internet, rent DVD's, all on the TV. The news was primarily focusing on the development of the television.
Informative vs Superficial--Definitely informative. The stories talked a lot about what was going on and had lots of quotes as well. The story on Sarkozy was the best because it talked about what people thought of his reforms, what arguments could be made, what will happen in the upcoming elections, and can Sarkozy win?
Accurate and Truthful vs False and Deceptive--Most definitely truthful. I know that there is an issue in France because people are going against Sarkozy's new law that decreased the retirement age to 60. I also know about the village of Ghajar and the fact that people are being evacuated because the internet also says so and I have been listening in my International Relations Class. And TV? Well, I think everyone knows about that.
Pluralistic vs. Insular Viewpoint--Pluralistic. Each one of these stories had quotes from different sides and many people were part of these stories. The stories also talk about the future of Sarkozy and his possibility for re election.
Objective vs Biased--Cannot be Biased. It has to be objective. This is because it has so many different point of views given out that it would be impossible to call the news from BBC "biased".
Balanced vs. weighted side--Its Balanced. This is because the news from BBC gives out different sides and different opinions equally.
The Structure: The Structure of all three of the stories was led by both, an anchor and an interviewer. There was also a correspondent in each one of the stories. In the story in Ghajar, there was a correspondent who was explaining the whole situation when he was also in the location. However, each one of the stories did not include any such visuals like a graph. It primarily just went into the scene of the issue, where it actually is happening. With Sarkozy's problems in being re elected, BBC sent correspondents and interviewers to France to find out what people thought. They interviewed families in order to what they thought of the new retirement age law passed by the president. Then there was also an interview on those who supported Sarkozy's new laws, and finally a footage of Sarkozy defending his actions. With the issue in Ghajar, it was the same thing as well. BBC interviewers and correspondents went to the village that is bordered with Syria, Ghajar, and asked people of what they thought on the issue. Clearly, the structure of the news shown was primarily based on primary sources. Since much of the information is collected from interviews and opinions, you could pretty much believe the news that is being presented.
The Style: Well, first thing I see in the news was that the anchors either sit straight or lean towards the camera. When they lean towards the camera, it really looks intimidating. At least to me. Another thing I realized was that the camera angles were always showing the interviewer and nothing more. Sometimes the camera was a bit ahead so the correspondent would walk towards the camera, talking about the issue surrounding him. This happened when the news reporter from BBC was in Ghajar, who was explaining what the villagers wanted and what the Israeli Military wanted.
The news would be important to young people. Its obviously important because its an issue that's located in our world, so everybody should be concerned about it. For me, it was useful because it would only help develop my knowledge on country policies, thus creating a wider knowledge on International Relations.
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