Reporters receive invasive label
Are news people just doing their jobs when they are accused of invading people's personal lives? What about times of tragedy? Do you think they even stop and consider maybe it's wrong? The answer is probably "no", since they chose their occupation for a reason. We, as consumers, can change the way news is broadcasted.
Father John Morris says in order to make a change "it requires controlling our baser instincts which spur us toward gossip, sensationalism, and smut. But such virtue, surprisingly, has a way of making us very happy people". Also, as viewers, we are unknowingly participating in a voting system when we click on certain channels and stations.
At an unprecedented rate, hard news, good news, and non-sexualized news are disappearing.Doesn't this seem morally wrong? It often seems to me that for major news corporations, the number one priority they strive for isn't always to get news out to the people. It is to make money. More and more of it.

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What's morally wrong with the public obsession with celebs? How's it going to "destroy" quality media? After all, isn't there an argument to be made that a market-based media system will simply be smart enough to figure out how to reach the people who are interested in "serious" journalism?
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