12/01/2014
Cable Networks' Different Approaches To Ferguson Decision
All the big cable news networks — Fox News, CNN, MSNBC and Al Jazeera — dug into continuous Ferguson-only coverage starting with the announcement last week of a grand jury's decision not to indict Officer Darren Wilson in the killing of teen Michael Brown. But, their coverage of the events differed widely.
■Class discussion: Why do the networks cover the same news stories so differently? Which networks show the greatest differences in coverage? How do politics influence news coverage on television and in newspapers? Are you wary of news organizations that openly pursue political agendas? Do you try to get information from more than one source?