News programs

i really don't like to watch the news as much as i use to either. it is mostly bad news from what i see. i think it has to do with ratings more then anything. i think people are more then likely to pay attention if something really bad is on the news. however, with such bad news reporting constantly i don't think the ratings will be as high in the future as i think alot of people will just get tired of hearing bad news right and left. the sad thing is alot of the bad news has nothing in common or of importance to many he watch it.

I suppose one reason for this is that there are hardly any good news nowadays. And that's really sad. Just my opinion though.

If you would be studying viewers behavior, you can observe that people tend to get their attention towards things that are reported negatively than the positive ones. Of course if you own a TV station you would want to get the interest of your viewers and you would follow what they are looking for in a news. That is why they are more focused on what the viewers are expecting to hear.

I think the news has already focused on the bad news due to bad news is more selling. Yes occasionally they do report good news, but they are limited on what they report. Though they are not suppose to, I have seen where reporters are bias and they don't report the whole truth. This is why I do my own research if I want the truth to a story..

yes i agree with you that for most of the time tv news will deliver the bad news going on around the world,it is not good for the children,but one thing is news channels in the tv are there to let us know about the bad guys in our country and in world,it is for our sack to now the truth about the crime or bad happened and who is the criminal or bad guys reason for that bad thing happened there. if you don't care about them,or if you miss that news,the criminals will go in front of you,and you are helpless,for example if a criminal escaped and you don't no that news then how can you help police to inform you have seen him. then what for all the anti crime forces(police,special forces like FBI etc...) for and why they should strive for the good,every one should stragle for that and help police. and that is the reason why the news channels are always having news about bad thing

It is not true up to 75 percent.They are delivering so many good news too.Sometimes such dad things (as u mentioned) are also delivering. I think myself whether accident is bad thing to show.. I think it is not. Why? Many accidents are happening due to laziness and careless, by seeing this some can be careful while driving... This is 100 percent truth... Anyone there to disagree this!!!!!!

hi staria yes I know they do and sadly they claim they are giving us what we want, thats just a lot of malarkey as most people get sick of hearing all the bad news and would enjoy hearing some good news of oood things people have done. but they assume and so'we get bad news and sometimes its even exaggerated beyond belief.,

I guess that is why I gave up on watching the news years ago. Occasionally I would see a human interest story on some news program, but those were few and far between. It is far too depressing to look at that all the time so I almost never even turn on the tv or radio. I will occasionally look at yahoo headlines or the headlines in the news area here, but I seldom read the articles. Thanks for bringing this up!

It seems like that, friend. Because it's hard to find a good story or good news to deliver to the public...

We can't really blame the media. The people also plays a big factor on why more often only bad news seem to be given priority over the good news. That's because bad news catches our attention not that we want bad news bad out of curiosity. We also have to take into considerations that the media is a company that needs fundingtoo to operate so they need sponsors. Sponsors on the other hand will pay lot of money to get a slot on the most viewed news program. News program now will have to compete with other stations and in order for them to do that they have to look for news that would catch the viewers attention. So it's really just a cycle.

News is given only on what the stations want us to know. Most of the time, it's not on the items of news that we need to hear about. It's almost that our society is turning socialistic because we're only hearing what they want us to hear. It's not good!

So true and I often wonder if they think that unless it is bad they would not get so many views. It would be nice to hear more about the good then the bad, but unfortunately the good is highlighted as much as the bad news is unfortunately.

Yes, because everything is about money and business. Bad news become such an attraction that most people would like to read bad news, especially the very very absurd ones.The more violent and bad news, the more readers, and the more readers, the more buyers, then the more buyers, the more money. Its that simple, and it is not a pretty situation actually.

I think the bad news have to be broadcasted but the thing is that all news channels air the same stuff. Sometimes when I'm zapping through the channels it seems that there's only one programm running but with differen logos. I think there should be different news channels that focus on different topics like politics, environment, people, war, crime etc and of course good news topics :-) That would be more useful imo.

I think the main concept of news today is to deliver mostly bad news. Sorry to say but that is the reality of things now. There are more bad news than good news. But sometimes what makes the news worse is how the media exaggerates the news. So a small scratch becomes a fatal wound.

You're right, it has become some sort of tabloid reporting, focusing on accidents, rape, robberies and deaths. Oh, and of course showbiz news as well. I guess those are the types of stories that sell. News programs haves become a lucrative business for these giant networks to the point that sometimes I feel their sense of public service is distorted. Nowadays, I rarely watch the news on the local channels. Usually, I glance at the headlines and if there is nothing substantial or newsworthy, I change the channel and watch informative shows like those shown on Lifestyle Network or National Geographic or a good movie on HBO :)

Sadly, I have come to one simple conclusion. No much how much we hate seeing bad news, no matter how much it distressing the vast majority of us to see such a thing. We are going to be drawn by such a thing in a strange, disturbing way. It is almost like we don't like to watch this but at the same time, we are strangely compelled to the point where we just are going to stick around to see if it can get any worse. Over the years, news stations have really pushed the bounds on the "let's see how bad we can make this out to be." Therefore bad news is going to just get the interest of some people and that means ratings. The news has become a television business and good news might make us feel warm and fuzzy inside, but it is not going to have the same impact for the television viewers. Of course, I avoid the news a lot of the time and when I am back to checking it out, I am reminded of why I normally avoid it.

I think one of the reasons, is that there are much more bad news happening, really- so there aren't not much good news to report anyway. And I also think that people are more inclined to listening to bad news, they're more interested in that.

You are right, most of the news are bad news, accident, stealing, rape, killing and many more on news programs everyday. Good news are rare where it rarely happen everyday. That is what life is.

It's sad that news programs report a lot more bad news than good news. The sadder thing is that maybe there's just not much good news to air on TV.