I was surfing the web recently and I ran across a story that an average person might not hear everyday. A woman lost 2 of her kids in a fire. When she was interviewed, she was more worried about her food stamps being lost in the fire. She showed no sympathy or pain for her 2 children that had just been lost in the fire. There are fires almost everyday and people die from fires almost everyday. The difference between those stories and this one is the entertainment effect it has. You would expect the women to be in tears for she children but instead she is worried about money. People get a kick out of that and that’s what keeps us glued to the tv and makes us want to tune in the next day. The news has to be mixed in with a little entertaining news or else many people would be bored out of their minds. The same goes for newspapers but i don’t feel they do it as much as Television.
Entertainment not news.
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