Is it the media's responsibility to go beyond what's happening today in order to predict future conflicts? 11 Articles

by James Mockridge.

The media are invaluable in projecting the current issues and conflicts that prevail on a daily basis in regions and countries around the globe. In determining the level of responsibility that can be attributed to the medi...read more

by Suzanne Marsh

It is not the media's responsibility, to go beyond what's happening today in order to predict conflicts. The media has gone beyond responsible reporting, for example: the war in Iraq. The media reported on the invasion of ...read more

by Davi

By law, American's needs to regulate - a purer unbiased news reporting practice, oh, you thought you had one! The Bush Administration has been found guilty of illegal propaganda with their press releases. It was a few ye...read more

by Ahmad Saeid

One of the most important and controversial principles of journalism and media in general is objectivity, and that when it comes to informing the public of event's that "already" happened, because there can't be absolute o...read more

by Paul Schingle

Interesting question which is difficult to give a simple "yes or no" answer to. By and large, I'd say it is not the responsibility of the news media to predict future conflicts. This, however, is unlikely to stop them fr...read more

by Marisela Feldman

Is it the media's responsibility to go beyond what's happening today in order to predict future conflicts? The responsibility of media varies depending on the place, political context, and graveness of the issue. As the b...read more

by Hannah Kempf

Sarajevo, 1984. The city welcoming the world to the XIV Olympic Winter Games that year was itself an international model of harmony, renowned as the city where Muslims, Orthodox, Catholics, and Jews lived peacefully for ce...read more

by Iiro Maki

It is definitely not the job of the media to predict future crises or conflicts. And if any predictions are made, they need to be supported by statistical evidence and expert analysis. The media exists to provide facts, an...read more

by Masimba Mukichi

The media is seen in the highest esteem as the eyes, ears and the mouth of the voiceless.It is there to inform, entertain, verify and to investigate facts.My angle of departure is that, yes it is the media's responsiblity...read more