I have a few issues with the state of journalism currently, but there's one issue that stands out to me. Lately, news hasn't really been seeming like news. We hear about celebrities far more than we should, especially when most of what they do has nothing to do with news at all.
People aren't that interested in real news anymore, so journalists cater to the desires of the public. The Daily Show makes news comedic, which takes away from what news is really about. It isn't supposed to make you laugh. News is supposed to inform the general population of the serious issues happening around us.
It seems that most people don't even watch the news anymore, or read it form a newspaper. Instead, they see it on the Internet. A newspaper or a news show is less likely to be biased while reporting, because they could lose their jobs.
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