The individuals who give advice here are not responsible if you cause injury or damage to yourself, your equipment, or others. (A good example of this is in non-LED TV's there is 1500 VAC running the florescent backlights which light the panel) Please make sure to use caution when working on your TV. Behind the scenes details about the book can be viewed on the YouTube channel called Behind the Book online at /watch?v=dqdXhQ5uJqE.Opening up your television is potentially dangerous, there are capacitors inside which could hold enough of a charge to cause injury or death if you discharge them on yourself. I will say I did become disillusioned enough to change my viewpoint over the years.” “The real world is different from your training. “I believe like anybody who comes out of college, where everything is based on theory and ideology, when you actually land in your profession, it’s hard not to get jaded,” he said. Capps said since 56% of viewers think the media is “lying to them,” he believes that statistic should serve as a tipping point and send a message for the media to hold themselves accountable. All of these circumstances caused him to rethink his chosen path.ĭespite the loss of confidence in the media, Capps is hopeful that won’t always be the case. He saw interviews that he said were fake and others that were presented as live, but in reality weren’t.
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It is also a phrase uttered by the Runaway Train’s antagonist Dick Wilhelm.Īside from the college lecture, Capps noticed other prominent red flags that caused him to become disillusioned with the TV media industry, as well as real events he witnessed that are showcased in the novel. That statement is something Capps has never forgotten. After listening to their answers, the professor stopped them and replied, “I’m going to give you the definition of news.
The professor asked the class to define the news in their own words. One of the main tipping points that inspired him to write Runaway Train was a lecture from one of his college professors in 1986. Unfortunately, if you’re not noticed, your paycheck doesn’t get better.”Īccording to Capps, the best reporting is the reporting done at the local levels. “So when journalists report the news in an unbiased manner nowadays, you don’t notice them. “When umpires do a really good job, people don’t notice them,” he said. When it comes to good TV news reporting and newsgathering, he thinks people should think of the umpires in Major League Baseball. There are entire networks devoted to not hiding their viewpoints, Capps pointed out. Nowadays, it’s become standard fare that a reader or viewer knows how the reporter feels about a given topic, Capps said. Because ratings and money are involved, it forces people in the media to compromise their values, and furthermore, the truth, he said. While “news you can use” is a great idea, he added, it doesn’t necessarily stir the pot. When I got into the industry, the motto a lot of the TV stations went by was ‘it’s news that you can use.’” Certain ways they present things sell better than other things. Like any other business, they’re in there to make money. “I know that’s difficult when ratings are involved and you have to acknowledge that they are a business. “I think the truth and all of the truth needs to be elevated as a priority,” Capps said. There is one possible solution Capps believes could change that.
While he doesn’t fully agree with the polls, he acknowledges the media could do a lot better to change those perceptions. He pointed to a Gallup poll that showed only 9% of Americans “trust the media a great deal,” while 33% “don’t trust them at all.” Then he mentioned an Edeman poll which reported that 56% of people think “journalists are purposely trying to mislead” them. If that one change was made, we would see a world of difference in the confidence of the reader.”Ĭapps also added that it’s not just about what the media does in how they tell the truth, but it’s also the perception of how it tells the truth, which has contributed to what he calls a confidence crisis in how readers trust the media. “I think we need to present the news without them getting in the way. “I think reporters need to pull themselves out of the equation,” Capps said. Capps said he wanted to shine a light on how biased the media has become and point out its lasting impact on public opinion. 5, is inspired by his own experiences as a TV news journalist in that era. Sebastian Rubino / Prairie resident Shannon Capps has released a new novel titled Runaway Train, which covers the corruption of the TV news business of the late 1980s.
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