I barely watch TV because everytime I sit down to watch the news I get very frustrated. On every channel, it would be safe to say that someone who isn't up on world affairs and who is afraid of everything would be pretty scared by the state of the world.
The only thing I saw reported much were child sex with teacher cases, why this media channel is worse than the one you are currently watching, and why the Middle East is going to destroy the world in a flame of jihad... or Iranian nukes.
What about good news? I know this question has come up many a time before, where someone says "Well only bad news sells". Maybe, but wouldn't it be nice to hear a report of "This senator commented today on how well the US is doing in this area". That would make me feel good.
It just seems like the United States never does anything right. It seems like our media, consciously and semi-unconsciously, always point out the bad things about America. Just this morning I saw on the news about that woman whose son died and she runs around the country protesting at soldier's funerals. The whole story was about how she brings 1 of her 10 children to stamp on the American flag at these protests that get close to violent some of the time.
Why are they talking about this woman? If they didn't speak about her, I wouldn't be thinking about her right now. She is just some loon who believes this country is a horrible place. I don't think it's a horrible place. I think there are some things that could be BETTER, but that doesn't mean this is a horrible country.
I wonder if the media portrayal of its country is the same in other countries, like England, France, heck, anywhere. Why does our media feed on our fears and then downplay the country whenever we can?
Now, some of the readers here may be thinking, "Go watch Fox news". I think that network is just as biased as any other network on T.V. The problem is these networks feel they know what is best for the American people instead of just telling us the objective facts. You ever notice how EVERY show has the host's opinion segment? Why do I care about your opinion? It is no better than my opinion. The segment should be emails with others opinions, and just get rid of the host's opinion. News is supposed to be objective.
I guess that's how it works these days.
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I think that the media does put emphasis on world affairs, and if it does it is a less than 5 minute segment. I also think that it is true that only bad news sells, or is it more that bad news creates more excitement and buzz, which in turn is its selling point.
Not only is the bad news selling, I think it is very biased. The "breaking news" is always of shootings, robberies, and deaths. There is never any news on what is going on in the local government.
How is the public supposed to be informed if this is what they are bombarded with?
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