Rupert Murdoch
Phone Scandal
I agree to a large
extent that the news media should be blamed for the unhealthy paparazzi culture
and going to the extremes for sensational news. It is known that the news media
will go into extremes to hunt for sensational news, so that people will be
interested in reading the news. Furthermore, each news media faces competition
from other news media as they have to fight for peoples’ readership, in order
to earn more money. However, what is the role of the news media? It is to cover
the latest news around the world, not the latest tabloid! One does not need the
entertainment of tabloids to survive. It is the greediness of news media that developed
the unhealthy paparazzi culture so as to achieve higher readership.
Although it is the
news media’s problem for the unhealthy paparazzi culture, I believe that the
people should also be blamed for the paparazzi culture. As people, by nature,
loves to read about tabloids, gossips and stuff, news media uses this point to
get more readership. The news media goes to the extremes for sensational news,
so as to grab the reader’s attention, so as to earn more money. In other words,
the underlying problem is that because of people’s nosiness, it has led the
news media to take the opportunity and go to extremes for sensational news,
just for the appetite of the readers, and in turn, the news media develops the
unhealthy paparazzi culture.
Hi I am Sebastian. You have said that you agree that the news media is responsible for the unhealthy paparazzi but in the end your stand is not very clear. It seems like you are supporting both side. I do know that we need to provide two sides but there is still a need for you to take your stand very clearly.You might want to explore why readers prefer sensational news. Thanks.
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