What Can I Say....Horrible Things Get Good Ratings....

The News Media Loves Bad Things....

from JoeUser Forums
Well, as you can see by now....the news media will not shut up about the war in Iraq. Hardly anything really important is happening there right now...yet they spend half of their time covering minor tragedies and blow them up to gigantic proportions.(Don't get me wrong, soldiers dying is still a horrible thing) Besides that they constanly report, murders, robberies, abuse, and anything that has a negative impact on society....why, you ask?...if you haven't figured it out....RATINGS....those heartless assholes only care about getting paid and therefore report things that pull on people's heartstrings so that the only good thing you MAY be able to look forward to is a sunny day!(I don't know about the rest of you...but we haven't had an abundance of those lately) Now call me crazy, but why would any decent person want to depress thousands of people everyday...morning, noon, and night? Do the network executives get off on that or something?....I mean throw in a few good stories...like maybe someone actually survived a shooting, crash, accident....etc. or some decent soul is doing something positive for the community...usually you MIGHT get one of those a week. Also, as mentioned somewhere on this site before....the news program doesn't cover what it is supposed to, they spend so much time telling everyone what will be on later, covering bad events, and a bit of weather and that's it....One thing that really irritates me about them is they always tell you something COULD be harmful for you and tell you to wait until 11:00 at night....

Example: Newscast at 5:00PM

"One of the most popular foods that you may be eating right now, could give you incurable cancer. What it is and details at 11:00PM"

You see how they always lure you back....with promises of depressing things....

I ask one question to anyone in the news media....Why do you play on people's emotions?....is it ratings, money, or some sick sexual pleasure that you get out of it?

Well, that's all for now,
~Zoo
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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
Also, one more thing...if you pay attention, they always sell antidepressants in the commercials, when the news is on....I think there is some conspiracy between drug companies and the media to work together....the news gets people depressed and the drug companies benefit....you see it's all a government conspiracy.

Until my next paranoid rant,
~Zoo
Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
Very thought provoking.  I know what you mean about them luring you back with depressing or dangerous stuff.  I always think, "If there is something I am probably eating that could kill me, you have the responsibility to tell me now not make me wait until the news at 11!"
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
tell me now not make me wait until the news at 11!"


Yeah, if it was me I probably would have eaten it seven times before they told me about it...

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Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top
The media simply follow the stylke of emotionally charged commercials--intelligence doesn't sell.
Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top
.is it ratings, money,


Ratings = Money (not to mention self survival)

If no-one's watching you have no reason to exist. People tend not to move toward things, but away from things. Hence saying "See what killer food may be in your kitchen right now" will in general attract more viewers (more money, better chance I won't be fired) than "See what dietary change could make you healthier."
Reply #7 from JoeUser Forums Top
I know i hate when they make you wait. Usually i forget about it by time 11 comes around. Or I'm on the computer on JU.

~carebear~
Reply #8 from JoeUser Forums Top
Sensationalism equals ratings which equals advertising money. And, of course, this is an election year so a good deal of press is intended to try to sway public opinion in the direction of the editorial view of the network.
Reply #9 from JoeUser Forums Top
Yes, don't you just hate the news? I do. They care about what they're making not the people they're talking about.

-Ashleigh