"I'm beginning to wonder to what extent the present economic uncertainty is being generated by the media. It seems that the glass must always be reported as half-empty - any article must always stress the negatives. Monday's papers were all reporting that Ireland was being bailed-out by the EU and a major crisis was thereby being averted - almost glass half-full. But yesterday it was half-empty again - was the bail-out enough? Would it succeed? Would the crisis spread to Portugal and Spain? Problem is of course that such comments can become self-fulfilling prophesies. I'm sure it helps sell papers and attract listeners and viewers, but to what extent do the media have a duty not to make a bad situation worse? Are they reporting the news, or helping to make it? "
See : http://rndman.blogspot.com/2010/11/read-all-about-it.html.
For once, I fully agree with the man !
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