マイナス思考とマスコミ
マスコミって何で此処までマイナス思考なの・・・？。
最近特にそう思う。毎朝６時代の朝一番のニュースの大半が事件、事故、死亡など聞くと同時に気分が落ち込む様なものばかり。
中でも角田何某の、虐待と殺人の方法を毎朝克明に報じ、新聞の３面にもこの事件が載らない日がないくらい。従って、テレビやラジオのニュースで角田の名が出れば、その場を離れ、新聞の３面も殆ど読まないようにしている。
だって朝一番にあんな惨い仕打ちのニュースを見聞きし、イヤーな気分で一日のスタートを切るなんてまっぴら御免だもの・・・。しかし、毎朝この同じ事件を、各社がこれでもかこれでもかと執拗に追いかけ、ビッグニュース扱いするのは何故だろう。
やはり国民のニーズがそこにあるから？。確かに前代未聞の極悪非道な行為で、ニュース性が有ると云えばあるのでしょうが、朝一番にこんなニュースを一方的に聞かされる国民は、ある意味大変な迷惑であり、国に取っても大きな損失（教育、経済の何れでも）であると思うのですが・・・。
確か、何処かの国では、ニュースの半分以上が暗いものであってはいかん、と言う事を決めた、と云う事を耳にした様な記憶がかすかにあるが、それが本当だとすると非常に良い政策だと思う。
今度の衆議院選挙でも、こんな政策をマニフェストに掲げる政党が出てくれば、いの一番に投票するのにな・・・。
そう云えば、今回は付け焼刃の政党が一挙に出て来て、何が何だか良く判らない。一昨日の、我が家の朝一の会話は 「政党名、全部言える？」であったが、先ずは投票に行くまでに政党名をキッチリ覚えなければ・・・。ただ、党名は違うが、政策は何処がどうなのか、良く判らない。何となく、主義主張や政策の違いよりも、好き嫌いや当選確率で所属政党を決めている様な感じがして、今までに無く、選択に迷ってしまう感がある。
ＴＰＰも原子力も財政も景気回復もいいが、今の日本にはもうひとつ問うべき肝心な問題がある様に思うのですが。
Why is the media so negative in their thinking?
I think so, especially lately. Most of the news that comes first thing in the morning of the 6th era every morning is something that makes you feel down as soon as you hear about an incident, accident, or death.
Among them, the method of abuse and murder of Tsunoda Whatsoe every morning was reported in detail, and there is not a day that goes by that this case does not appear on the third page of the newspaper. Therefore, if Kakuta’s name appears on TV or radio news, he leaves the place and hardly reads the three pages of the newspaper.
I don’t want to start the day with a bad feeling after hearing the news of such a horrible treatment first thing in the morning…. But why is it that every morning the companies are relentlessly following this same incident and treating it as big news?
Is it because the needs of the people are there after all? It is true that it is an unheard of heinous act, and if it is newsworthy, it may be, but the people who are unilaterally told such news first thing in the morning are, in a sense, a great nuisance, and I think it is a great loss for the country (both in education and the economy)…
I faintly remember hearing that some countries decided that more than half of the news should not be gloomy, and if this is true, I think it is a very good policy.
If a party with such a policy in its manifesto came out in the upcoming House of Representatives election, I would be the first to vote for it….
It’s hard to understand what’s going on this time because of the sudden appearance of all the political parties that have a hard edge. The first thing our family said in the morning the day before yesterday was, “Can you tell me all the names of your political parties? But first of all, I have to remember the names of political parties before I go to the polls… However, although the name of the party is different, I’m not sure what the policy is. For some reason, I feel that people are deciding their party affiliation based on their likes and dislikes and the probability of being elected, rather than differences in principle and policy, and for the first time in my life, I feel that I am lost in the choice.
The TPP, nuclear power, fiscal and economic recovery are all good, but I think that there is one more important issue that needs to be addressed in Japan today.
