Wednesday, August 17, 2011
I think that the news media should not be blamed for the unhealthy paparazzi culture and going to the extremes for sensational news. People may blame that the unhealthy paparazzi culture because the paparazzi and media go to extreme lengths to get those pieces of news, such as hacking into phones and invading the privacy of people. But one should consider how these news medias earn money. Their main source of income is readership. Without readers, a news corporation would go bust in a matter of days. And the only way to increase readership is to get those exciting and sensational news that readers are interested in. The more sensational the news and the earlier they report on it, the more revenue they earn. Thus they are forced to go to these extreme measures and get the news. It the the readers who should be blamed aswell. It is quite immature to be interested in the scandals and sensational stories about the famous, dont they have better things to do? Although it is impossible for people to totally be oblivious to these matter, both parties play a part in the healthy and true reporting of news
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I agree with Yi heng, but perhaps you can put in another point of view, from the point of view of the news media, government or the citizens instead. I truly believe in the supply and demand concept, if there is no demand for the gossips and scandals, the news media which provided these information would have been closed down a long time ago, the reason way the news media is still here is that there is still a demand for gossips like these. but i feel that the media may be partly at fault as they may be the one who have introduced this into the society in the first place. Everyone have a part to play, it is just that how much someone contributes to this culture
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