The State of Australian News

The News. No actually, Australian news. We see it our TVs. We read it in the Newspapers. We hear it on our Radios. But is it news? Is it the real news that really matters?
In today’s western society of superstars and celebrities, one often wonders if news and entertainment have clashed. Well for those wondering people out there, the word is out that it has!
The result of this clashing brings pointless news to our TVs and newspapers. For example: an old lady’s pet frogs have sparked a feud between her and her neighbours. Care factor? Zero. The funny thing is however, they want people to hop on the internet, listen to the frogs, and vote whether you think the frogs are too noisy or not. Waste of Internet download.
What needs to appear in the news these days is some real news. Where has it gone? Where has the real issues disappeared to? What happened with the political situation in Kenya? What’s happening in turkey and their raids on the PKK terrorist group? Did you know the conditions in Gaza are at a 40 year low, ever since Israel occupied their territory in 1967?
You see the point. National news these days never seem to focus on the real world issues at hand. They shove the world issues into a couple of pages in the midst of the newspaper, or the “unimportant” section of the TV news.
Yes, they do have their say about random issues in Australia, for instance the issue with drought in the recent years or the election. That’s fine, they matter somewhat. Frogs…well…don’t.
The Australian media have turned to what people “apparently” want. ‘Who’s taken drugs this week, who’s cheating on who?’ They have strayed away from the events that might mean something in the long run. The media nowadays seem to just want to boost their ratings and make money. And so, they need to put this rubbish on TV and in our papers.
It’s as if the Australian media have made a box around the country and are keeping the real issues at bay. What’s really occurring is we’re suffocating in our own news.
Money then, it seems, affects everything. What the Australian media needs to do is take an example from Cambodia. A poor country hasn’t the money to spend on newspapers. However, it has the best newspaper in the world. The country’s own news only occupies about one A4 size page. The rest of the 10 pages are solely on the happenings of the rest of the world.
Imagine how much paper Australia could save if it did the same. 10 pages of news; that’s about a 90 percent reduction in paper used!
Ah the benefits of real news.

Note: Sorry about the outdatedness of the artical.