2007-01-05 00:49:18 · 5 answers · asked by jsjmlj 5 in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
I look at news as dysfunctional programming. Like any business, money is a factor. Reporting facts has become secondary to keeping their ratings up. I rarely watch the news anymore and only laugh when the weather report comes on. Could you be wrong more than half the time and keep your job? Meteorologist can.
2007-01-05 00:55:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Entertainment new happened when the news divisions were folded into the entertainment divisions years ago.
Entertainment draws the demographic that advertisers
pay for.
$$$$.
Bye bye news.
2007-01-05 08:52:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think so, they want sponsors, sponsors pay them money and want to be their sponsors only if they have alot of people watching, more people tend to watch entertaining shows rather than the depressing, same as every other news station.
2007-01-05 08:56:00 · answer #3 · answered by DB 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its what drives all media. Fear and sensationalism sells higher ad rates. NBC (GE), ABC (Disney), CBS (Viacom), CNN (Turner), FNS (Newscorp) are profit oriented companies with many many shareholders who want a decent return on their investment.
2007-01-05 08:52:26 · answer #4 · answered by RjM 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
absolutely. news is entertainment - they have to sell advertizing time, and to do that they have to get people to watch.
2007-01-05 08:51:31 · answer #5 · answered by Kutekymmee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋