We all know what the news portrays war to be bad. News stations all over
America portray war to be pointless killing on both sides. However, news
watchers rarely think deeper about the information they absorb from the T.V.
What some people don't know is that news stations are very biased in the way
they tell their stories to the world. Nobody wants to watch a boring
broadcaster talk about the underlying causes and effects of this war. People
want to hear about the recent stories of death, because it's the most
exciting.
Think about your local
news station, do they show more stories of humility and kindness, or tragedy?
Like most other people right now you’re probably thinking that they show more
stories of tragedy, which is absolutely true.
I think there is another
factor that causes news stories to be more tragic. In this day and age people
tend to be more aggressive and less likely to help those in need. We’re all so
focused on making our own future; we forget to help those who lack the
opportunities that we’ve had. Life isn’t always as good as it is to us.
Now take that and factor
that into the stories that a news station takes before airing them. Maybe news
stations provide tragic stories because that’s what we give them. I think that
maybe the viewers focus on the bad. We get so caught up in our own lives that
we barely care about others.
I can’t remember the last
time I saw a news story that wasn’t about someone being shot or in an accident.
Of course I’m from Philadelphia and those things tend to happen a lot more than
they should, but still. At least every one in five stories should be about
something good. Something uplifting to make people feel better. Especially in
cities where people are poor and crime rates are high. Maybe if they here about
the woman who got her life together after years of drug addiction, that maybe
they might be inspired.
Maybe news stations should
be concerned with uplifting the local community and improve life. News stations
should bring people together not just because someone died, but because there
is something good happening in the world. Maybe I’m the only one that feels
like the world is just to negative. I think that we need to change. And the
first step to this change would be to change how we view the world. In a world
so technology driven, it is obvious the target should be news providers.