Analyze government’s influence in the reporting of news

Ideas about what news is and how it is selected have long been discussed the practitioners and scholars of journalism. News is specific information which is selected by journalists based on the goals of their company (Harrison, 2006, cited in O’Neil and Harcup, 2009, p161). For example, The Times is always talking about serious events, politics and economics while The Sun describe something about gossip and celebrities. But, is it possible that news is selected freely by journalist during different period or in different countries? And what are roles of government in the reporting of news? In this essay, I intend to describe how the government influence the selection of news and analyze why the government acts like that based on the situation of lat...

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