Which of the following is NOT true of television journalism? Television is even more effective than the radio as an agency for i
nfluencing public opinion. You must pay millions of dollars to build up and project the proper television image for their candidates. Television media performs a public service in the field of political education. We should form our opinions by listening to network commentators to get a well-rounded perspective. As you can assemble from different sources we should listen to more than one commentator and read background articles in books and magazines.
When it comes to television journalism as a means of forming public opinion, it is extremely powerful, even more powerful than radio journalism. Such information should be examined and edited, forming one's own opinion, and of course hearing more than one source. Any reporting within TV journalism implies a favor of a political option, and the incorporation of what it wants to emphasize by various techniques. What is not true avbout TV journalism is: we should form our opinions by listening to network commentators to get a well-rounded perspective.
