Newspapers and TV channels often
consider good news not so good for
their business because it does not sell
well, A radio station that relies on
broadcasting positive news soon finds
itself out of business for the lack of
listeners. Newseditors’ decision on the
type of content to broadcast seems
motivated by business goals or political
biases rather than social and
professional responsibilities. In this era
of bad and fake news, most people are
immune to bad news and it would
definitely be better if the more good
news was reported.
Though newspaper and TV stations
report global events accurately, be they
natural or human disasters, it is also true
that their main objective is to sell
newspapers and bring in more listeners
and viewers to their stations and favour
a particular political ideology. For that,
they often use confusing newsheadlines and reports that have little or
no value to society and are full of
negativity. Since more viewers and
readers are attracted to reading bad
news or have political preferences.
newspapers and other media often
reflect the flavour of their stations by
providing news and broadcasting tailor-
made events to suit their listeners’ and
viewers’ preferences
Since we like to read negative news or
events that have spices on them, both
readers, viewers and editors have to
change the way they consume or create
content. The professional obligations of
journalists and editors, as well as ourmentality as viewers and readers, could
be remarkably altered if more good and
positive news, reports without political
biases, and true global events without
fabricating them are reported
In conclusion, editors need to stick to
their professionalism while readers and
viewers need to be more aware to make
media reports more useful and
reflective of our society