Social Panic

Who reports the news? Surprisingly, and especially at national levels and national “news” web sites, a disproportionate number of reporters have very elite backgrounds, having attended private (and expensive) universities, studying and working abroad. 77% have a BA in the humanities – typically English lit, history and so on. Their backgrounds are quite different than those of their audience. This may lead to having a skewed perspective on life and news. This is an issue the industry itself is aware of – but their idea of diversity does not address their mono culture.

CNBC just recycles old stories, over and over.

The media jumps on stories saying Gen Z has everything worse, and spreads negativity far and wide. But surveys of Gen Z show Gen Z thinks they are doing better than their parents at the same ages. It’s as if the media just makes up everything for click-bait.

the authors find that students with wealthy parents enjoy a large advantage in elite college admissions that academic credentials alone cannot explain. Moreover, graduates of these institutions reap significant monetary and nonmonetary rewards compared to similar college graduates who attended less-prestigious schools. New Study Investigates Why Elite Colleges Favor Rich Kids (forbes.com) And this applies to elite journalists as well: The twelve most prestigious private schools (the Ivy League plus the University of Chicago, Stanford University, the Massachusetts Institute of…

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News author bios tell us that the writer enjoys hiking, has 3 dogs, and likes to write music – rather than giving us background on the author’s qualifications to write the story. Why does the media do this?