NEWS MANIPULATION

Media Malpractice

Bad news sells

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Bad News lurks in our faces from the media, and it’s usually hot off the Press!

Coronavirus Diaries UK 2020 28th October:

Media malpractice:

That brings me to another point. Why, oh why, does the media in all its forms persist in pouring over our heads a never-ending bleak story virtually every single minute of the day?

Of course, this practice has been prevalent for a good many years, if not centuries, but it's being taken to the nth degree during this pandemic.

Bad news sells! Can I now suggest that, in fact, all of this plethora of doom and gloom actually counteracts compliance with the rule restrictions?

• All of the negative reporting of Ministers not complying, including, of course, the non-compliance watershed of the Cummings affair, merely tips the balance when expecting the public to obey the rules likewise.
• The tittle-tattle continues unabated, even down to calling out Gary Lineker for momentarily not wearing a face mask when shopping.
• All the stories and there are many of them each week, of various raves, parties, and yet more drinks being had in the Houses of Parliament, just sickens…