Discuss the infotainment telesector? how does it negatively affect homeland security? Provide examples to support your answer

What will be an ideal response?


• Infotainment telesector refers to news organization producing stories to entertain their audiences under the guise of presenting objective information.
• It is not geared for depth? it is designed to create revenue.
• "News" becomes banter between a news anchor and guest, and debates devolve into shouting matches between controversial representatives.
• Issues are rarely discussed.
• Hosts perpetually interrupt their guests or provide answers to their own questions.
• Morning news shows are full of interviewers who discover issues obvious to the rest of the world and who shake their heads in wonderment when common knowledge is revealed.
• These contexts of the infotainment telesector and the desire to beat the other networks have a negative effect on homeland security.
• Documents are leaked, confidential plans are unveiled, and vulnerabilities are exposed.
• Terrorism becomes more horrific to create better drama.
• News film is constantly replayed, giving the illusion that attacks are repeated time and time again.
• News hosts spend time interviewing reporters from the field who speculate on the facts surrounding an event leading to a dilemma for policy makers.

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