"When you're bored, you stop learning and communication fails." I think this is the truest statement I have ever heard. This should be doctrine. Can I say that? Whatever. It totally should.
Anyway, that quote doesn't just apply to people, but to the news. You have to have an entertainment factor or else no one will read articles or watch the news. At the same time, you have to have stories that matter and are relevant. Unfortunately, sensational and purely entertainment oriented news is becoming more and more prevalent in major news outlets. It's a shame, really, because a lot of news that ought to be reported on slips through the cracks so that the American public can learn how much Justin Bieber is SO IN LOVE with Selena Gomez.
There are people who have scrutinized various news sources or reporters for sensational stories but I think that in general, the American public just likes to be entertained more that it likes to be informed. That's a wide generalization, of course, but the sheer number of gossip columns and magazines attests to this. Despite condemnation of entertainment journalism, it still thrives.
I think there definitely has to be a balance between entertainment an journalism but I also think that there's way too much sensationalism of news. We talked in class about how some news outlets make a story appear to be way more interesting and relevant than it really is when advertising. I think that's just an accepted part of journalism now but I also think that it proves that we need more informative reporting.
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