Infotainment freak show by Martin Kaplan

well, i read the essay called "Welcome to the Infotainment Freak Show." i thought it was written very well and was very clear to understand. In this essay, Martin Kaplan writes his opinions on the information in the media and news of today. He writes about how high ratings and popularity get coverage on the news when the more important things do not. He writes about how politics and news coverage have become more entertainment than real news and truthfulness. Kaplan says about journalism, "Instead of trying to tell us whats true, journalism now prides itself on finding two sides to every story, no matter how feeble one side may be"(140). In this quote he is speaking of the news not being a straight forward source of information. There must be two sides to a story so that not one group gets offended by what they are saying. Instead of seeking a knowledgeable point of view, they seek balance which is much easier to achieve (140). It seem like Kaplan is outraged by the lack of real information in the media. He doesn't like the fact that big news headlines can be pushed down to something that does not seem as big while the smaller less urgent things can be headline news for days at a time. Why would one missing woman be more important than a whole entire holocaust in Africa? (143) The news media feeds us what we want and that is entertainment. They give us what gives them ratings. This leads to the politicians doing whatever else they want because we as a whole country are not paying attention to them anyways. It is the TV conglomerates jobs to make money, but isn't it also their job to bring us information. And the information should be truthful also. I don't want to hear lies and cover ups, i would like to turn to the news channel and not see someone who is dead. These days the news is very depressing and it seems like everywhere i turn there is another woman missing or another mother killing her children. These events are very sad and i feel for the families, but i would also like to know about the things that effect me. I want to know what the government is doing right and wrong and i am done watching the dumb debates that people have on the TV who complain about one aspect of the story they are given and they only give me their own opinion. I would like to be given the whole story and the truth so that i can make my own opinion about things. I am tired of hearing what other people think. I completely agree with Kaplan on this one. It is incredibly annoying to see the news and watch Michael jacksons death for like 2 weeks and barely anything on Iraq or Afghanistan.