Tuesday, March 12, 2013

For Your Entertainment, We Present Today's News Coverage!

"Good" news bores me. When I visit CNN, I want to read about scandal, outrage, and ruin! Oh wait...if I want to be happy, why am I looking for negativity? I skip over the positive and happy in search of the discouraging and depressing? Yeah, that's a great way to motivate myself. The American media has clearly conditioned us to focus on negative information. The shooting incident surrounding the theatrical release of The Dark Knight Rises captured weeks of media attention, while American-built schools constructed for Iraqi children earned minutes. What if the media used their influence to encourage positive change? I'm convinced that thousands of good deeds and positive actions take place every day. Why not cover these events instead? We have the ability to broadcast live video coverage to the other side of the globe. It's about time we use our incredible technologies to propagate responsible and worthwhile messages!

1 comment:

  1. I wonder why people are more interested in the sensational, the horrific, the depressing. Is it human nature for our interest to be more readily grabbed by such things?

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