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Well you're both correct. People don't want to see something bad (which is what I use to think) or something heroic. People want to watch something that has an interest to them. If something's major, that will affect them, is going on, then people will watch the news to stay updated about the situation. Are there people do watch the news to see those types of stories such as horrible and horrific events? Yes. Is the all the majority of news watchers? No.

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Youtube isn't considered a source of news for most of the people who go there, youtube is for entertainment, anybody can post videos of almost anything. The most successful uploaders and videos are clips meant to entertain in someway, they are not meant to spread news stories.

I don't say that media misrepresentation and bias are not real, of coarse they are, but they are not the root of the problem like some people think or would like it to be, the root of the problem comes from the things i already mentioned.

News channels are primarily used for entertainment as well; celebrity gossip, building demolitions, explosions, fire, street violence. Most of the shit that ends up on CNN or Fox isn't all that important and they air it just to entertain their viewers so they can get better ratings. sometimes, meaningful news manages to make it to air, but you'd probably have an easier time looking for that kind of news on Youtube than you would on a major media outlet.




Hey look, multiple sources so I can cross-reference without fear of censorship and remove bias!




Yeah, I noticed your appeal to popularity pretty clearly; just because most people watch news that contains negative events doesn't mean they actually want to. The older generations didn't and still don't (being technologically inept) have a wide variety of choice in their news sources. Major media outlets have been culturing their audiences and swaying their opinions to this state for years because of government influence (what government wouldn't control it's own news outlets), which is in turn influenced by private organizations. It's easier to control a separated populace ("independence") that lives in constant fear than it is to control a populace with kind relations towards each other living in happiness.

Perhaps take a look at what news was like some 40 years ago and compare it to today, there's a pretty big difference in what people enjoyed. People don't inherently enjoy news about suffering, hate and destruction, don't appeal to the actions of the majority to make your conclusion, it can be easily rejected without inconsistency.

What ever is the reason you watch the news, whether it is for the news or for the entertainment, the news channel are showing that material to get ratings. Of coarse you can argue that some news outlets (like FOX) are showing their biased view of reality and show it as news, but for the majority of time i would argue, the news outlets show what ever it is they show to get ratings, not because they want to misrepresent reality.




Good for you.




I find it funny how you misrepresent people.




Whether you like to watch the news or not doesn't matter, if your tv is on they are getting the ratings.




If the older generations based their opinions on what the 'misrepresented and biased' news outlets told them, that is not my fault. Nobody is forcing you to base your opinion on what the news say. The purpose of news is to tell the person watching what is happening in the world, not what to think.

If the only source of news they had were these misrepresented and biased news outlets, again nobody is forcing you to base your opinion on what the news say. If you can't critically think and make up your own opinion on the matter x without the news anchor telling you what to think, that is not my fault either.




My conclusion has nothing to do with what people enjoy watching, it is about what people watch. 'The ratings' don't care about your reason for watching something as long as you watch. I doubt almost anybody wants to watch news about journalists getting beheaded by the ISIS for entertainment or enjoyment, but people still watch. That is what this is about.

You shouldn't talk about rejecting my conclusion easily when you can't even wrap your head around what the actual conclusion is.