The one main goal of journalism and journalist is to “tell [their audience] what is going on [and] to inform [their audience]” (Sills et al 65); however, this goal is …show more content…
This is major trouble for news consumers, ever since the emergence of the Post-Truth era because before the Post-Truth Era consumers already had to wade through swamps of different competing viewpoints that sometimes give mainly facts and some opinion and sometimes gave more opinions then fact, but now in the Post-Truth Era, with news stories have evolved to not only included heavily swayed viewpoints with a mix of opinion and facts, but also news stories could also feature competing realities, which was caused by growing sense of omniscience garnered by the news media over time. The media also has increased the value of breaking an important story first because of instant gratification that their audience seeks and expects, which means that even if not all the facts are verified, the new agency should release the news about the event, and correct anything wrong as the story continues to