TV news certainly claims to be an unbiased window to the whole world. They use a certain styles of iconography which helps to connote these ideas of urgency, impartial objective news and importance: here's how. They are also required by law to be impartial as well. Ofcom state that ' All news in any part of the service should be presented with due accuracy and impartiality.' Therefore, news channels are required by law to have this trait. This is practically impossible as choices have to be made for the news to arrive on our screen, whether this is choosing which cities and areas to monitor or the choice of the camera's position. The are all subjective choices. In my essay I will explain in greater depth why impartiality is impossible to be represented by the news: First of all, who makes the news? Well, the majority of them are demographically white, middle aged, hetrosexual males who have lived in the south of England and been educated in private schools and st...
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