Ethnic minorities criticise TV news coverage
Summary of Article
"More than half of ethnic minority viewers think issues affecting them are dealt with poorly by TV news, according to a survey published today."
51% of the people questioned said that they felt they were not being represented fairly by news by broadcasters.
47% thought the coverage of the "Forest Gate Police Raid" was too sensational and that the media was too quick to jump to the conclusions made.
The ITV director of television, Simon Shaps made comments regarding the survey results and said that they had developed sophisticated methods to help this area, but obviously it was not working.
Of all news channels, Channel 4 was said to be the best representer of ethnic minorities according to the survey results, but a few said there was a lack of cultural understanding.
Trevor McDonald was voted the most trusted broadcaster on TV, while the BBC was the most watched provider of news.
My Views
I think the survery results were pretty correct in saying that ethnic minorities are not represented as well as they could be. The media is always jumping to conlusions about everything which affects what the audience will think and it makes it harder for these ethnic minorities. The media has a great influence on the way people think and if there are people not being represented fairly, then the society will reflect this and mirror and they will not be represented fairly in society.
"More than half of ethnic minority viewers think issues affecting them are dealt with poorly by TV news, according to a survey published today."
51% of the people questioned said that they felt they were not being represented fairly by news by broadcasters.
47% thought the coverage of the "Forest Gate Police Raid" was too sensational and that the media was too quick to jump to the conclusions made.
The ITV director of television, Simon Shaps made comments regarding the survey results and said that they had developed sophisticated methods to help this area, but obviously it was not working.
Of all news channels, Channel 4 was said to be the best representer of ethnic minorities according to the survey results, but a few said there was a lack of cultural understanding.
Trevor McDonald was voted the most trusted broadcaster on TV, while the BBC was the most watched provider of news.
My Views
I think the survery results were pretty correct in saying that ethnic minorities are not represented as well as they could be. The media is always jumping to conlusions about everything which affects what the audience will think and it makes it harder for these ethnic minorities. The media has a great influence on the way people think and if there are people not being represented fairly, then the society will reflect this and mirror and they will not be represented fairly in society.
