By Sammie Jones
A large section of the British public have complained that the British press publish too much bad news. The complaint came after some contacts of the eye of media.com said they were sick of reading to much bad news in the press.
55% percent of those spoken to said they find the news full of to much bad news and urged for more good news to be reported in the press. 20% said they felt it was inevitable because the press have to report the news as they see find it, whilst 15% said they don’t watch the news at all because it is full of bad news., whilst 10 p% said they did not care. The eye of media.com spoke to a sample of 100 people over a one week period to establish their views on the news stories covered by the British media.
Those who said the British media report too much on bad news complained that stories of murder, rape, and criminal arrests and convictions dominate the news too much. They said the British press under report positive news, of which there are many in society. 25 year old Chantelle Morley from Gidea Park told the eye of media.com ” I think we need to see more stories about personal achievements of ordinary people in society, innovators, and people making a positive difference in their communities and job. We get too much of murders and rapes, and although these are important for awareness, we need more positive stories.
20 year old Sharma Phillips from Leytonstone told the eye of media.com
” I think bad news is too much in the British press. We don’t get enough positive news featuring the successes of ambitious and hardworking people. Ok, we get success stories after A level exams but we rarely get the press going to Universities to feature graduates who have done fantastically in their exams. Also people from disadvantaged backgrounds who have gone to university should also be featured more to encourage more of such people”.
Glancing through our site on her mobile phone enroute to work before giving her views, she added that ”’there are many heroes in society that need encouragement. There are people who have overcome addictions, there are also those who do a brilliant job in helping people beat those addictions”. I pointed out that we had covered a number of such stories, and some papers too have, before she said ”oh, that’s great then. There are young people who invest their time in couching and inspiring other children, young people who join football teams or other sports, some of those can be highlighted and encouraged to do keep it up.
Young people need role models, and the media have a big role to play in this respect, she said”. 35 year old Tony Pratt told the eye of media. com ” I guess the media’s job is to report the news as they occur. Whether bad or good, but where there is so much bad news dominating the news, the media can go out of their way to seek out more good news to balance things a little bit.
Let’ highlight businessmen who have fought hard to achieve their success. Lets tell more rags to riches stories. Let’s promote unknown quantities with a real story to celebrate too. I think the British media and most world media get comfortable in their usual ways of operation instead of branching out a bit in their ways. I have heard of you guys only recently, and I like some of your original stories, but you can all do with more good stories.
Interesting feedback from a sample of the British public. The research was conducted by some of our writers from members of the public on public transport, online, and on phone.