Why does good economic news not make front pages and first stories on TV news as it did before 6-10 years ago?
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You are correct.... the preceding answer was very dubious.  Inflation has been minimal and the huge factor she "conveniently" ignored was the enormous drop in all areas of the economy after 9/11.  \n\nThis is tantamount to the point of your question.   Any form of econmomic upturn in any index was touted during the Clinton years.... very often front page.... while any positive news of the Bush administration was buried on pages 3,4, 5, or 6 in major news.\n\nAlso the last two economic quarters of the Clinton administration showed the strong downside of an economic turn in the offing.  Bush's analysts knew this, and during the campaign in 2000 he even warned of the problem, but news media poo-poohed the alert and democrats charged him with fear-mongering.... ironically, their own greatest weapon throughout the last six years.
708010
Hear! Hear! Makes me want to holler at my TV sometimes......I could care less about who is doing what to whom where they are doing it and how many times a day........As tragic as page scandal was, it got more airtime than the dead bodies being recovered on a DAILY basis in Iraq.......disgusting that we care about titilation rather than the issues....\n\nI am more interested in the economy heading towards a recession, uncontrolled govt. spending that builds bridges to nowhere and gives more money to politicians as earmarks yet leaves the troops without much-needed gear, education programs being cut, social security being neraly-defunct, healthcare costs rising everyday.....but I guess that is too boring!!!
535200
yes they seem to only report part of the story the sensational part and leave out the part which really shows the impact on people. They also assist marketing which destroys the social values and morals and makes people doubt their worthiness.\n\nGood Luck and God Bless!!
1001977
Mostly old news from the past...from newspapers, facts, etc.
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You ask the question with the premise that main-stream media isn't corporate controlled by a few individuals with specific interests.  The media isn't "regurgitating" propoganda, it is creating it wholesale.  Our media conglomerates were quietly de-regulated in 1981 and can no longer be considered "independent" news sources.  Couple this with the fact that, by and large, popular press has ALWAYS been about selling newspapers, ad space, etc.\n\nIf you want a real clue as to what is happening you must unfortunately do your own research, which means cracking a real 1st-tier history book.
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In my country (United States), television rules as the premier medium for disseminating news. News Channels like CNN, MSNBC, Fox news have created a nonstop 24 hour news cycle.\n\nTaking an Asian country like India, TV channels are emulating the American model and are creating 24 hour news cycles.  Their reach is not as much as the American channels but they are getting there.\n\ncc
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Cause it's a good newspaper..\n\nNewspapers are just stuff to keep you informed about what's happening.
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There's plenty of things the United States' media ignore. That's just one of them. The truth is, the media have no interest in a dramatic change in government or in, worst case scenario, some revolutionary impeachment movement. That would only cause instability, both social and economic, and economic instability leads to reduced income. And, let's face it, today's world is sadly not idealistic but gain-oriented.
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Headlines are desinged to sell newspapers.  Godd news rarely makes headlines unless it has a strong local impact.  Africa, by virtue of the fact that it's so far away, and few Americans ever travel there, will rarely have posative news reported in the papers here.\n\nI don't think it's prejudicial at all, as you will see the same tendency with respect to South and Latin America, Asia, Australia and most of Europe.  Even parts of the United States rarely receive posative press in other regions.  It's just the way news is sold.
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This is the second time I posted this answer.\n\nThere's nothing really spectacular or journalistic about it, that's why, and media, may it be in the west or middle east cannot earn and would close down in no time if they would show things like that. \n\nWhat you have featured here are nothing new and it is too ordinary for media to give inportance to. In short those are not news materials, those are just simple pictures that may or may not entice people to see. That's why the word news came from the word "NEW" because people would only put interest on new things that happens around them. So, terrorism is news because it's new to a lot of people and it attracts attention and that's what terrorist wants. This way they increase TV viewing increasing their income by increasing the chances of getting good sponsors. There is nothing personal to it, really. So, don't point to the media the problems of Islam. Stop pointing your accusing fingers or else you will only see the mistakes of others and not yours. \n\nIn order for correction or change to take place, there should be acceptance of mistake first because how can you correct your own mistake if you don't see your own mistakes but instead see the mistakes of others. It's like barking on the wrong tree.\n\nMedia only report what they see. I don't believe that there are intentions of twisting the truth because what they report are only what is available to them and they don't have the whole world on their shoulders. If media twists the truth, who will really suffer in the end? We know it's not the sponsors or their viewers but them. Because the truth is that, in the free world, when their credibility suffers, their future follows.  \n\nSo, it nothing new really, I hope you got the picture so that you'll stop wondering anymore. By the way I am not a journalist, I am just an ordinary person who has an open mind who checks on my own fault first before looking at others.
895165
Because in their business, the faster they get the news out, the bigger the audience they get. It's not like back during the Carter race, when I spent hours collecting interesting facts about the election, and he won before we went on the air. THAT was disappointing!
506894
buy a good news paper...\nhope you find good option...
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The trend that aggrevates me the most is how local news is broadcasting more and more world news... only to have the world news come on right after it. Stupid... I like local news to be local news. If there isn't enough bad news to report... then report something good for a change.
181353
call up the newspapper or look at your local papers web site
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Why not they do the same to news... look at CNN/FOX
718838
Financial Papers come in pink world over. It make them diff rant from general news papers.
31088
The "truth" is very subjective and usually a lot more complicated than the media pundits and headline readers would lead you to believe.  Print media in general does a better job of being thorough.  Your best bet is to get your news from multiple sources and critically evaluate as best you can what you are being told and by whom.