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frenchita said...Yes bad news sells better than good news . Why ? because it stirs up our emotions our passions .. a murder here a rape there ..we are thankful it didnt happen to us ..we are safe ..a divorce here a recent widow there ..we start the blame game ..we commiserate .we give unsolicited advice ..gossip takes over .. some TP .." holier than thou " attitude comes into play .. Good news like some one just got a promotion . their boy passed with 1st class ..stirs up jealousy , envy hate ..who wants to hear that ? Some blind person being helped across the street or street dogs getting fed ..whats the big deal ? why wasnt I doing it ? does not spice up my life surely ...so not going to give it importance ...deny and ignore it .
Busybee said...
Yes, bad news sells. Shrawan has TOI asked u to do this survey ?? :D :D...
Lavina said...
Yes bad news sells better.....rather put it this way...bad news is good news for a journalist. There is much to debate about, question on and criticise and it stays longer........... see, its human........if I tell you I have won a competition......it would have a lesser shelf life in your memory .......but if tell you that I made a bl....under and has disasterous consequences you are bound to discuss it with 10 more people... being in the media field I can very well understand this
tejbir said...
news is news - good/bad is less relevant than hot or not! many a times good news can be hotter than bad eg. India lifting the champions trophy - good and hot news indeed! It will definitely sell better depending which paper/channel covers it more innovatively (hint:: please replace mandira bedi with minnisha lamba and the channel has me glued for the pre/break/post match analysis and i also promise to watch the commercials - LOL)
gul said...
ab ye to tay hai ki aajkal bad hi jyaada news hi sell hoti hai good to kam hi hogi na
Sumit said...
Unfortunately yes... and this is the reason why all the news channels are reporting all the bad news everyday, even if it requires 'creating' bad news. Indian media is not going in the right direction, they just want to capitalize on the less mature and highly emotional audience to improve thier TRP ratings. Keep smiling mate :)
DecentmonKey said...
Not necessary, imo.. any news which strikes a chord with the people would sell.. unfortunately we have more bad situations in the world and are thus reflected in newspaper reports..
ruggedboyz said...
if only every comment that came ur way was to be published then i shall give u a larger perspective of mine nevertheless i believe that it is just that a bad news can be easily sensationalized and then questions be posed that are we right is this right what arewe up to kinda and then this makes people take note more then say a benign happy news can because then we all are just to happy to introspect things and find whats right and whats wrong hope this is the view for the poll
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Yes bad news sells better than good news .
Why ? because it stirs up our emotions our passions .. a murder here a rape there ..we are thankful it didnt happen to us ..we are safe ..a divorce here a recent widow there ..we start the blame game ..we commiserate .we give unsolicited advice ..gossip takes over .. some TP .." holier than thou " attitude comes into play ..
Good news like some one just got a promotion . their boy passed with 1st class ..stirs up jealousy , envy hate ..who wants to hear that ? Some blind person being helped across the street or street dogs getting fed ..whats the big deal ? why wasnt I doing it ? does not spice up my life surely ...so not going to give it importance ...deny and ignore it .
Yes, bad news sells.
Shrawan has TOI asked u to do this survey ?? :D :D...
Hi Shrawan
great topic!! close to my heart!!!
Yes bad news sells better.....rather put it this way...bad news is good news for a journalist. There is much to debate about, question on and criticise and it stays longer...........
see, its human........if I tell you I have won a competition......it would have a lesser shelf life in your memory .......but if tell you that I made a bl....under and has disasterous consequences you are bound to discuss it with 10 more people...
being in the media field I can very well understand this
btw how are you? have a great weekend ...
cheers
Lavina
hi brother!
news is news - good/bad is less relevant than
hot or not!
many a times good news can be hotter than bad
eg. India lifting the champions trophy - good and hot news indeed!
It will definitely sell better depending which paper/channel
covers it more innovatively (hint:: please replace mandira bedi with
minnisha lamba and the channel has me glued
for the pre/break/post match analysis and i also promise to watch the commercials - LOL)
ab ye to tay hai ki aajkal bad hi jyaada news hi sell hoti hai good to kam hi hogi na
Hi Shrawan,
Unfortunately yes... and this is the reason why all the news channels are reporting all the bad news everyday, even if it requires 'creating' bad news.
Indian media is not going in the right direction, they just want to capitalize on the less mature and highly emotional audience to improve thier TRP ratings.
Keep smiling mate :)
Not necessary, imo.. any news which strikes a chord with the people would sell.. unfortunately we have more bad situations in the world and are thus reflected in newspaper reports..
hey shrawan
if only every comment that came ur way was to be published then i shall give u a larger perspective of mine nevertheless
i believe that it is just that a bad news can be easily sensationalized and then questions be posed that are we right is this right what arewe up to kinda and then this makes people take note more then say a benign happy news can because then we all are just to happy to introspect things and find whats right and whats wrong hope this is the view for the poll
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