Channel 4 News defends Facebook live stream of battle for Mosul
Summary:
Channel 4 News, along with other news publishers such as al-Jazeera join the online fad of live streaming events as they occur. However, this form of live streaming would usually be performed in a bid to entertain and promote an event. In this case, it was a war that was being streamed. A varied reaction was felt by viewers as they watched the war in Iraq as it happened. One particular viewpoint was that people shouldn't have the ability to "like" and comment emojis on it as it almost seems like satire and as if people are not taking the matter seriously. The audience seem to be confused of the line between news and entertainment.
My personal opinion:
I think that this is uncalled for. I believe that Channel 4 have taken it too far and I cant believe that they're that desperate to "fit in" and utilise social media in such a negative way. Instead of doing something about the situation at hand, they've simply been cowardly and let it happen to make money off of it and i think that's wrong. This is not journalism, this is negligence of a serious matter and I'm sure if they were the ones involved in the incident, they wouldn't be very happy to know that others are profiting off of their pain, anguish and perhaps even death. Their tactic that's seemingly promoting this event as entertainment is, in my opinion, despicable and I think it is totally inappropriate. They need to realise the boundary between news and entertainment and not cross one for another because it is a sensitive topic. However, I will admit that it, in some ways, may be useful for viewers to see, in the sense that they're unaware of just how bad the situation is and maybe this will ignite something in audience members to perhaps put a stop to it or at least fully acknowledge what trauma is being caused in Iraq.
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