Response to Jeff Schafer

Jeff made an interesting point about how news stations try to make their broadcasts flashy to attract viewers. I remember a guest speaker we had in another class. He mentioned that news stations seem to broadcast entertainment more than the news. In fact, many journalists believe they will be reporting bold, straight-forward news, but end up doing stories on celebrities. This is mostly because this is what viewers will watch. News stations will broadcast whatever will bring in the highest ratings. I guess that is why most of the news are bad, people just wouldn't be as interested in good news all the time.