Key Points 

"NEWS IS ALL TRUE, BUT SHOULD WE QUESTION HOW IT IS SHOWN AS BIAS?" 


What is a Gatekeeper?
This is someone who selects the news which is going to be broadcast. 

What is Mediation?
This is where news can only present a certain version of events.

Contemporary News includes: 
- Sensationalism
- The generation of fear
-Drama and conflict
-Speculation to create interest
-Simplification to ease the audience understanding

The usual TV news uses the following; soft news, hard news, celebrity news, vox pops and personal identification, by including all those it would create a successful TV news programme.