The videos examining the news industry bring put a lot of topics and conflicts that I don't think people have been paying much attention to lately. The news industry has changed quickly and now along with the public is seeing the repercussions of the choices they have been making as far as how they are getting the viewer's attentions and what types of stories they are choosing to focus on.
As the video shows, the news industry is focusing too heavily on what the viewers want and treating news as a business. I was surprised to see that news wasn't always this way and I think it probably did a better job before it tried to make a large profit. Viewers are interested in what is exciting and entertaining, but the information they should be getting is often passed over because it doesn't meet these standards.
News has become a product that viewers buy into with every station trying to get the most viewers which means that they are only providing what viewers want. This leads to sensationalized stories that skip over important details because they might be too boring. This is not completely the news industry's fault however since viewers have begun to treat news as an entertainment source and not a place to get real news, but is this because news industries want us to go to them for entertainment and news or did we really start treating them this way on our own?