Lack of Foreign News
In the article, “There’s no such thing as 'International News’ Barbara Serra states how she worked for many years at a news outlet and shares how only a few news outlets have a section dedicated to the “international” section but, the issue is that the way they portray and translate the language. A few examples of those news outlets are CNN and BBC. However, Serra states how BBC’s World Service Radio is “as close to a truly international outlet as you can get”. Since the BBC has multiple non-native English voices in important presenting jobs. As Serra states, the average American won’t see foreign news that is credible in their domestic channels, the national 6 o’clock news (Serra, 2024)
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Serra states that the truth is that domestic channels will always take precedence over international ones. The way news is picked out is “which one will go down well with the domestic audience?” New Channel’s true stars will always appeal to their primary target audience, which is their domestic audience, even if the international one is significantly bigger (Serra, 2024)
Examples of different types of reporting
Before presenting the examples, we need to see the frequency of international news. How many international news articles are being released each day/month vs. domestic ones? According to a study, single-country issues were more frequently represented by the U.S. news outlets. (Kohl, 2012)
In addition, this study found that the New York Times used government sources for 47.9 percent of its international news stories. The Associated Press depends on official sources, while the New York Times uses both non-official and official sources, which increases the chances of misinformation.
Lastly, the results of this study show that there needs to be research about where news outlets get their sources and how to make sure those sources are reliable. Especially when it comes to news that isn’t in your country’s language.
Now, we will look at two examples of U.S. news outlets spreading false information or misinterpreting information on many different levels:
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