Who are the gatekeepers of the news? How effective is investigative reporting?

The news is the main hub of information for many people. Its mass appeal to large audiences across the nation puts those in charge of the news in a very powerful position. Although news is broad and covers a wide variety of topics, there are a lot of issue and informative reports that go unpublished. The news is vast and it is restricting, not everything can be published at once and not everything deserves news spotlight. In order to trim the fat of the news there needs to be the proverbial butcher that does so, also known as the gate keeper. “Gatekeeping” is done by those not readily apparent within news, the editors and producers behind the scenes, and aims to keep the audience’s attention stimulated.

Many stories within the news are unleashing information on issues done through investigative journalism. Investigative journalism is often a very effective way of reporting the news. Reporters go into the depths of an issue and drag out the facts everyone yearns to read or hear about. As factual as investigative journalism can be, there are some faults within this raw source of news. Where investigative journalism can go wrong is by being biased. Sometimes investigative journalism gets deep into the facts but only revealing the raw facts of one side of an issue, thus becoming biased and narrow minded.