#15: Why Is All The News So Negative? And What If It Wasn't?

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Episode #015 - English Learning for Curious
Minds


Why Is All The News So Negative? And What If It
Wasn't?


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Why is the news always full of disasters? What would the world be
like if it wasn't?


Let's take a look at some of the theories about why the news is
always so negative, and imagine what kind of world might exist if
it wasn't.


In today's episode we cover:


What is the point of the news?

What is the role of journalism?

Who decides the news?

If it bleeds, it leads (and why bloody stories always come
first)

Why are people attracted by negative stories?

News organisations as commercial entities

What negative news does to our brains

The Gandhi Thought Experiment

What if our news wasn't so negative? An introduction to
solutions-based journalism

How to avoid the negative news cycle




Key vocabulary: Famine, Tuning in, Bleak, Commonplace, Untold,
Accountable, Noble pursuit, Lead with, Editorial, Prominence,
Gravitate, Mortality, Gore, Gloating, Taken for granted,
Captivate, Numerous, First and foremost, Eyeballs, Bursting your
bubble, Revenue, Gravitating, Skewed, Mindset, Exposed to,
Bombarded, Empathise, Bombardment, Perception, Perceived,
Minuscule, Recalibrating, Anchoring, Implausible, Glued,
Contradictory, Unwed, Back of our minds, Bushfires, Helpless,
Advocating, Inspire, Uplift, Strike fear into, Optimistic, Fed
up, News cycle, Retreat, Intake, Longer form, Fearmonger,
Flicking through, Nutrition, Cut yourself off, Out of the loop,
Outweighed, Freshness


Jodie Jackson's website: https://www.jodiejackson.com/



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Full transcript and key vocabulary available on the website
www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/why-is-all-the-news-so-negative-and-what-if-it-wasnt


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