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The life of medical students in a song

A song from the book "Quiebraespejos" written by Marco Antonio de la Parra is about the life of a medical student.
With love for my fellow travelers for 7 years
would be helpful if the media officer of TVN revise the format and the script on Thursday, 31. Here is a summary of a very questionable journalistic style, in which the way of presenting the story ends with dye. The truth is that in the context of recent times, dominated by the fog of pessimism, the options of "24 Hours" left much to be desired.

On Thursday May 31 , the central TVN news "24 hours", made two positive news for the country in a blur and uncertain, to the point of leaving the impression that in fact were not good. It was broadcast in the ranking of the magazine "The Economist" which ranked Chile as the most peaceful country in Latin America, which means occupying the sixteenth place among 121 countries in an area considered factors such as stability, rates of violence, respect for human rights, transparency, social welfare, etc. Get this widget the rest of this music is not even noticeable, but believe me after spending a year in TV detoxification becomes uncomfortable. Another aspect to me is unacceptable that journalists who read these news delivered to your own opinion. Instead of treating the news from every angle to make the viewer to form their own opinion, which we hear is a journalist based on only one aspect of the story (because obviously never comprehensively address). To discuss the treatment with relevant news! It is impossible considering that 30 minutes are devoted to sports, 10 minutes to the entertainment or the new channel's programming and the rest of the "reports" entirely circumstantial, a few words for news, and maybe just maybe some news from the regions. We can not forget the treatment given to the news, which only create fear among the population, giving the impression of a country on the brink of chaos where the attacks are almost a state of anarchy. On the other hand, the positive news that manage to leave the editorial room are undervalued. That shocking as people are kept uninformed, I've never seen for example in the news explaining that exist besides the problem of crime why there is this problem which in the protests which do damage There is a large group of people who are dissatisfied with the society we have (I have never seen some of these guys ask them why they feel anger, etc.). To complete these reflections, I'd like to leave its analysis Muñoz Sergio Rivero on this subject and was published today, June 5, 2007 in the newspaper La Nación (link here ): The other news was confirmation that James has become a magnet for new businesses, as demonstrated by the fact that several multinational companies have set up their headquarters here in the region. But "24 hours" to neutralize the positive effect achieved by way of showing images of some of our difficulties, which was weighing the external evaluation was not true.

Many reporters have internalized the notion that good news is not exactly news. Certainly influences the demand that publishers get material that viewers wince. For this, they are preferable robbery, crashes on the road to balance dead, energy issues, children coughing in the clinics, and how no, the repeated images of the bus and accompanied by a booklet filled with Metro on the Transantiago catastrophic. The result of this way of reporting is a country that creates uncertainty and fear.

TV newscasts often seem neurotic oriented to the population through a description of the national reality that depresses anyone. "Terrible things are happening in Chile? Are we on the brink of an unmanageable crisis? One thing is clear: the editorial line of the news is given largely by the sensationalist way in which reporters often tell their stories the dramatic tone of the ads using intimidating and throwing. There was mixed news journalism and opinion in a summary often crude.

Transantiago has been a real test for accountability reporting. No one denies that the difficulties have been serious, but television has tended to exaggerate them, either because the images of crisis "sell" or because it suits related sectors.

In Chile, the political imbalance in the field of information is simply obscene. If Mega is owned by the fundamentalist right, the right Chilevisión liberal and Channel 13 at the Pontifical Catholic University, whose authorities are located in conservative positions, What room is left for the rest of the country? Only TVN, which is bound to respect the provisions of the statute of public channel, which implies that there also influence currents that set the standard of private broadcasters. In other words, the right is on all channels and certainly knows how to use his power.

A TVN executives seem to mind very much that anyone can say that the channel is government, but this leads sometimes to follow the waters of the open channels opponents. In good time that TVN is not a propaganda channel, as it was in the past, but the balance needs to take care that the private channels do not feel obliged to maintain. Your department press can not be added to the line of exacerbating conflicts and tense to show an image of the country that ends up being functional to the objectives of the opposition. Nobody asks you not realize the problems, but also must have a national view point to serve the community. Unfortunately, journalists are not usually receptive to criticism. When you question their procedures and lack of rigor, are quick to claim that freedom of expression is threatened. But they can not be outside the scrutiny. Must answer for what they show and tell. They have immense power and it is desirable to be aware of the damage they cause sensationalism, the morbidity and bungling.

Freedom of expression is a golden rule of democracy, said President Bachelet. We must defend this principle without giving up. It also involves judging the way journalists do their job.