Whats too much?

The first obvious difference in the freedoms of medias is that a British operation, such as Telegraph, is that it is more apt to shed a light on American wrong doings than, say, New York Times would be. In America, fortunately, many journalists are allowed to write what they want and get away with quite a bit.

To Telegraph, celebrities constantly make news, even more so than in America. The royal family, although just figureheads now, make the covers of their magazines weekly.

The Kanye West stories bombarded the news. The story of his interrupting Taylor Swift at an award show was a hot topic all over newspapers, television stations, and Twitter. Quickly after, President Obama was recorded calling West a “jackass.” The President quickly corrects himself, saying that he has a lot on his plate, and should be cut some slack. Of course, TMZ – Americas most embarrassing news source – put out the recording on their website. Britain’s Telegraph newspaper brought up the ethics of reporting this quote and whether or not it was journalistic of TMZ. The New York times weighed in on the incident in an article by Mike Hale about Taylor Swift on the View. Hale shared a fairly satirical look on the whole thing. He included the remarks by President Obama, but also included that the remarks stayed off of the official interview transcripts. The NY Times added a lot more information than Telegraph did, proving that the US needs more information to be satisfied.

There were two articles about the killing of eight U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, one in Telegraph, and one in The New York Times. The story in the Telegraph was very to the point. It explained exactly the five w’s – What happened, where it happened, when it happened, why it happened and who it happened to. This article was much easier to read than the story in the NY Times, which outlined the story in its entirety. Britain needs much less explanation when it comes to American soldiers dying. They want to know what happened, and be done with it. Americans need more, since it was their men. The Times even tells some things that Telegraph says have not yet been confirmed. The Times is trying to cover its bases, and tell a lot. Too much isn’t a thing when it comes to the Times and this report. Telegraph wanted to tell the truth and tell it well. The Times wanted to tell the truth, and every ensuing detail so that Americans would be satisfied.

Telegraph has new developments on the story about Obama refusing to met with the Dalai Lama that the New York Times does not. NY Times has a report from earlier last month. It seems as though the NY Times does not want to shed a bad light on the president.


What’s too much? I have yet to find out. But it is obvious that countries report very differently according to what matters most to them.