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by robertsloan2
Of course the mainstream media outlets favor bad news over good news. Bad news is conflict. Conflict makes good story. Violence, disaster, bad weather, controversy all grab peop...read more
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by Rob Bryant
For the most part, the media does favor bad news, or so it appears. What the news media really favors is news that will bring in the most readers, listeners, and viewers. As it ...read more
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Mainstream media outlets have to favor bad news over the good, and not just because "If it bleeds, it leads." Think about a half hour world news program that doesn't feature de...read more
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by G.K. Dickey
The mainstream media is regularly and rightfully repudiated for reporting far more bad news than good. At the same time, this overemphasis is not entirely based on malfeasance o...read more
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If it bleeds, it leads. That is the stereotypical mantra of the media and, to a certain extent, it's true. While we'd love to blame the media for airing only bad news, we have t...read more
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Of course the media is biased toward the bad news over the good news. The phrase "If it bleeds, it leads" is an old and tired cliche, but sadly, it is also a true one that is t...read more
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by Rich Browne
News axiom: If it bleeds, it leads. This is an absolute no brainer. Of course, the media favors bad news over good news. The reason is simple and stark: Bad news sells. G...read more
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by Ryan Gray
Considering the number of negative stories that can be found in newspapers and magazines, and throughout radio and television news broadcasts, there is plenty of evidence to sup...read more
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by Xavier Grey
There is an argument to be made for the proliferation of bad news into the mainstream forum of modern communication and it's many forms. The situation could easily be assessed a...read more
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by Tim Schroll
* A careful scan of newspapers and television from around the country will reveal that 'bad' news, without question, is reported more by media. It's not that 'bad' news, p...read more
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by Chris Visco
Innovations in telecommunications have managed to bring the people of Earth closer together than ever before. Satellites, video cameras, and televisions are used widely to rela...read more
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Media Preys on Vulnerable Society: Ads, Addicts and More Society's success, glamour and identity are based upon principles geared toward opportunity for each American citizen...read more
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Good question. Let's just go to Yahoo News right quick and find out, shall we? If you look at world news you get: Pakistan may declare state of emergency U.S. raids hit...read more
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The best way to put this question to the test is to ask another question. The question is: When thinking of all the hours in a life spent watching the nightly news, how many t...read more
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by Bryan Belrad
There's rarely any good news on 'the News' because, frankly, bad news sells better. Television and radio news shows are productions, just like "Survivor" or "The Apprentice". An...read more
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by J. B. Well
The other day I was watching a news show and I couldn't figure out why the reporter had a smile on her face while she was reporting a fatal car wreck. I was so upset by the tim...read more
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TV news media and bias? I'm sure no one truly suspects that (yes, that's sarcasm). It amazes me how often the TV news will play up news that doesn't make the current administr...read more
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The sad truth is: oh yes, they do!The question is: why? And the answer to that is easy: because readers demand it. Newspapers can only survive -and report good news sometimes in...read more
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&nb sp;"Yesterday a Man Baked a Cake." This is only partially interesting and will not sell very many papers. It will not sell many papers because, not ma...read more
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Being that every time you turn on your television, you are faced with news of catastrophic events, murder and mayhem or juicy information about someone's downfall, I would say t...read more
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by Saurabh Pal
No, the mainstream media does not favor bad news over good news. They are oblivious to either. What matters to them is 'what sells'. It is human psychology to be impacted mor...read more
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It is a matter of what is interesting and what truly captivates your attention and invokes your imagination. Today I read that Britney Spears was on a boring sitcom the other n...read more
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The mainstream media favors whatever it considers to be the most important news of the day. By creating entire programs to cover "alternative" news such as celebrity gossip, it...read more
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Dependant on relative news worthy. The significance of the news within the society, regional and international impacts outweigh the prevalence on whether to favor bad news or go...read more
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The President of the United States is assassinated. Bad News. The hated President of a third world dictatorship is assassinated. Good News. "Bad News" and "Good News" are on...read more
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by Glenn Dean
Mainstream media outlets favor neither bad news or good news. What they do favor is whatever they believe the public wants. All these media outlets are, at their core, businesse...read more
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by Chad Morgan
To debate such a topic as 'Does the mainstream media favor bad news over good news' we first have to look at it in the context that it is taken. Are we talking about good news ...read more
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by Royce Wells
Mainstream media today does not favor either good or bad news. Instead the media companies of today look for the news that will make it the most money. The news companies off ...read more
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by Joe Ross
The truth is that mainstream media favors ratings over unbiased reporting policies. It can be good news or it can be bad news, the only important question is how long will some...read more
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by Native Texan
The mainstream media outlets favor bad news if it suits their agenda ideal of what their listeners should hear. The media "talking heads" filter every single item of news that i...read more
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No i don't think so,the mainstream media favor or support the bad news instead of good news. The media plays an important role in our life and what ever they showing they are e...read more
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The news media reports the news that is available. There are not a lot of stories of firemen saving cats out of trees or dogs rescuing babies from burning buildings. There is...read more
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by Jason Purvis
I do not think the mainstream media prefers bad news. I think the media is trying to market and sell a product. They are the original reality show. Reporting the news is about w...read more
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Wouldn't it be nice to blame the media for our own human appetite for disaster? Is it the media's fault that we rubberneck to catch that fleeting glimpse of wreckage on the hig...read more
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People don't stop on the street and shout: Look! The building is still standing! They do stop and shout when one falls down. That's news. An event out of the ordinary catches...read more
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No, it is not the mainstream media that favors bad news, it is us: the consumers. The truth of it is that bad news sells. This is a rubbernecking culture that savors the disaste...read more
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"Favoring" good or bad news is not the problem or issue with main stream media. It's a sad fact that the mainstream (American) media refuses, for the most part, to tell the rea...read more
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