Does the News Portray Reality
Does the News Portray Reality? ... The mirror approach is an approach to the news and reality that states that the news gives “an accurate reflection of social reality to the audience,” much like a mirror gives a reflection (Kwak, 2003, September 8). ... From the portrayals of race to the fact that generating news is a business, all of the information points to the conclusion that the news does not give an accurate portrayal of reality. ... and Orange county television news stations to see if race played a factor in how lawbreakers and law defenders were portrayed. They found that “‘Interreality’ comparisons of lawbreakers (television news vs. crime reports from the California Department of Justice) revealed that Blacks are overrepresented as lawbreakers, and Latinos and Whites are underrepresented as lawbreakers on television news compared to their respective crime rates obtained…” (Dixon, 2000, p. ... As for “interreality” portrayals of law defenders, Dixon and Linz found that “whites are overrepresented, Latinos are underrepresented, and Blacks are neither…as police officers on television news compared to employment records” (Dixon, 2000, p.