Present a written argument or case to an educated reader with no special knowledge of the following topic: News editors decide what to broadcast on television and what to print in newspapers. What factors do you think influence these decisions? Do we become used to bad news? Would it be better if more good news was reported? Use your own ideas, knowledge and experience and support your arguments with examples and relevant evidence.
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Nowadays,
news
publishers get to choose what type of story goes live on television or printed in newspapers. These decisions are in large part influenced by political pressure, TRP
ratings
, and advertisers. In my opinion, news
should be reported on truth and not based on twisted facts and this
essay will shed more light on it.
Firstly
, news
reporting has now become a lucrative business. News
channels
have to sell the primetime ad slots to the advertisers. the decision on the pricing of the ads is based on the TRP
ratings
a particular program is getting. Similarly
, for newspapers, it's the circulation numbers that are important. Hence
, news
channels
focus on sensational and trending stories. For instance
, Republic TV recently was investigated by Mumbai Police in the fake TRP
case, where the channel was accused to influence ratings
. In addition
to that, news
editors are nowadays affiliated with political parties. As long as, news
channels
make the political parties happy by serving false narratives, they face no problems, whatsoever.
However
, this
does impact the way we consume the news
. The channels
serve the stories which sell the most. Hence
, if a particular report is grabbing more eyeballs, the news
channels
will naturally show it more. In a way, the audience, get used to watching bad reporting or sensational news
. However
, news
as a medium should be about reporting the truth. Reporting only good news
will result in the spread of disinformation. To give you an idea, China is accused to spread disinformation about the spread of the coronavirus, which it did through its state-sponsored news
medium. This
resulted in Covid-19 becoming a pandemic, which could've been controlled.
To conclude, news
editors' decision to show a story is based on a number of factors ranging from political influence to TRP
ratings
. However
, people must decide whether they want to watch bad news
or good news
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