Conflict of Interest

On Thursday there was an very interesting view brought up about what news the media should report on and the responsibility of the American public as well as media sources to separate news from entertainment. It was said that the responsibility of the news station was to report news and only news, and anything else, such as who Justin Timberlake is dating, can be looked up independently by people who are interested on the Internet. While I understand this opinion, it just isn't possible. people seem to forget that stations such as CNN, MSNBC, and Fox news are businesses as well as news sources. In order to stay on, they need ratings a viewers. As sad as it is to say, if they reported only news people would stop watching because there will always be other stations that keep you updated on the newest styles or who's dating who. As a business they are obliged to do what they need to do to make money, but they also still have a responsibility to not devote all their coverage to silly, unimportant topics, and to keep the public aware of what is going on in the world.