Motive behind News Coverage

The news coverage in the modern has become a lot more offensive to the people. It tends to invade the privacy of the people, which is their right. But in order to make people interested, all ethical boundaries are broken by the news broadcasters and journalists. The basic purpose of the field of journalism is to provide the people with accurate and reliable information. In addition to that, the news has to be approached in a practical sense. The journalists are required to be transparent regarding their methods as well as their sources. The foundation of the construction of the news should be based on the comment, interpretation, context, debate, analysis and criticism. However, the basic motive is to highlight the truth. In the field of journalism, the primary loyalty should be to the citizens and viewers of the news. However, it is critical to note that ethical and moral boundaries should be maintained when delivering news and information the public.
In the present societies, news is not only a source of information, but it has also become a source for entertainment for the public. This entertainment, however, is derived by the invasion of the privacy of the people, which is an ethical issue.
The journalists in the modern world attempt to make use of every dirty trick, and they have forgotten every moral standard, which were created for the profession. I personally feel that journalism has lost its initial charm. It was supposed to be a respected profession, but it has turned out to be an exploitation of the privacy of the people. This mainly includes famous people, like celebrities and sports stars. The reason behind this behavior is that people love to read about famous people; the people that they admire and want to become. This is exactly like gossiping about someone, regardless weather it’s true or not.
Even if the news is true about someone, it does not have to become NEWS. Bringing some private facts on the television screen or print media involve can affect the life of the person, on which the news was created. This is an ethical and moral violation of the basic privacy rights of the individual.
Numerous steps could be taken to resolve this issue. Government should take steps to ensure that no privacy violation is done. However, it is critically important to realize that government is not going to take any step, unless the people do something about it. It is our responsibility to defend the basic rights of the privacy. It is the responsibility of the public to protest against any privacy violations, regardless of whom it is against. But, we the people, tend to enjoy these violations and by doing that, we encourage the news media to enhance their activities. Thus, people are followed by paparazzi and journalists. They could not even have a surgery, without the media highlighting it in front of the public. It is the public. The public should take a stand against it. If the newspapers and television are informed that the public is against this practice and not willing to support it, or even watch it, then the media is also expected to restrict this practice. The basic motive of the media is to earn profits and when the people are not willing to entertain such news, it would mean that no profits are generated. Thus, the practice is likely to stop. Lastly, it is critically important to realize that privacy violation could only be done by newscasters and journalists, when the issue is likely to affect national security.