The Infotainment Freak Show

In the essay by Martin Kaplan "Welcome to the Infotainment Freak Show" the analysis is on the information media. Kaplan explains that news today is mainly about the entertainment aspect and also finding crazy and hollywood aspect stories to entertain everyday people who watch television. When I watch television every time I change the channel I always see some type of news about someone famous instead of haring about what's considered "real news". For example, rape, burglary,theft and etc. Money is definitely what makes the media show the everyday American population these things. They do this to get higher ratings and make more money. Kaplan also says that reporters no longer are doing their job of researching. They have forgotten how to research important news topic and instead they just get their stories off the internet. News used to teach the public facts and researched stories well. Because of competition they no longer care about the facts, thats why looking at multiple news channels is necessary.