Everyday, religiously, I'll read three newspapers: the Correio da Manha (Portugal), the Daily Mail (United Kingdom) and the Boston Globe (US). I do this not only to know what is going on around the world but also to compare how the reporting is done from one country to another.
When it comes to reporting news, most journalists (no matter what country) are on the same page by following the number 1 rule of journalism: "neutrality" resuming their job to simply "report".This is the news section. For the celebrity/showbiz section there's a whole other issue going on.
The other day I was reading the Daily Mail and there was this article about Kloe and Kourtney Kardashian. The title was something like: "Kloe and Kourtney: the long and short of it (refering to their height)" with a subtitle that went as follows: " Well, at least one won the size battle."
As I said before, the article turned out to be about their height, but considering the fact that Kloe has been under severe scrutiny because of her weight lately, I consider this journalist's writting filled with double-meaning. In a camouflaged way, I think he was actually intending to be mean about her shape.
The interesting part of it is the fact that the Daily Mail is known for writting several (good) articles about "curves", "health" and "women shapes and sizes" so my question is what side are they on ?
a little further down there's the "oh-so-lovely-NOT" public comments section.
I'm always gobsmacked by the amount of rubbish that these people publish. There's a lot of angry people out there but to let it all out in a newspaper comment section? Really though? Completely unnnecessary.
Another fine example on how to be a terrible TV presenter (and downright bully) is Graham Norton (an UK tv host) from the Graham Norton Show.
This man makes me question the hiring proccess at TV stations.... I've stopped watching his show (he was always terrible but at least his celebrity guests were good-which amazes me even more!!!!) when he presented an European dance competition (similar to Eurovision) and trashed Portugal at every chance he had. Sad but true. And he didn't stop here. EVERYTIME there's a competition of this sort he manages to slant another country with his very unique style.
This leads me to two questions:
Why and HOW does he always get picked to do these shows? AND HOW is he on TV?
In my opinion, and as a Communications major, he's everything a communicator should NEVER be.
There's a very fine line between personal opinion and bullying but at the end of the day it's all about being professional.
I think that the line between bullying and personal opinion is thin. Bullying is done to hurt a person's feelings ON PURPOSE. People should keep their opinions, should most of the times, to themselves. Think all you want about me, call me fat or ugly or dumb, I don't care what you do in your spare time. But don't come up to me and say it or post it on Facebook or start a rumor. The later is done with malicious intent and is unnecessary. Everyone has their opinions about everyone and everything. It is okay to share those opinions with the ones you are close to. But once you cross the thin line, it becomes bullying.
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