Entry #2. Slanted Reporting.

Everyone is informed through news. Whether it is through newspapers, magazines, the news on t.v, etc. What is not always considered though, is if the news source is providing the whole story. Most of the time because the source is viewed as a form of news, the thought is that all of the information shared is all correct, but that is not always the case. Most news stories have a reporter, a person, who has their own opinion on the situation they have to encounter, and sometimes they add some into their report. It is not always obvious, so not always noticed. Slanted reporting is often found, where it is not directly stated as an opinion, but the report as a whole revolves around one specific side of an issue.

An example that I found of slanted reporting is the video http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/2168082445001/wal-mart-shares-fall-on-sales-concerns/?intcmp=obnetwork . In my opinion this is an example of slanted reporting because many of the words used to describe this situation/ event that occurred were negatively connotative and all expressed through the reporter.

There was never a time when a share holder nor someone directly being affected with the reporter, stating their opinion on what had happened or anything. The reporter was basically just stating what had happened with some graphs showing the falls that had occurred with the present state of the shares for Walmart. Along with that she was including in between her reporting a few words like, " terrible, etc.". The audience once in the more analytical perspective could say that the report could be leaning to a slanted view.

Along with the word choice used in the video, it is also evident that there is only one side of the story being told. There are not to  many details on how and why the stocks were falling, as well as only the negative side being shown. For example, it was never stated in the video that there could be someone benefiting from the shares falling, nor if everything was all only as "terrible" as stated.