Last Day

Hehe! Today is the last day of my long, forsaken, hard experiment! I should have gone with a informative experiment than a habitual experiment :( [developing a new habit is haaardd].
For a wrap up, I started this experiment because I notice the decrease in people who buys newspaper, and would rather go online for news source instead. By doing so, it is fast and efficient. Besides, I also notice how people are less interested in reading the newspaper too! Why? I included it in my report below! :D

In my experiment, I noticed a vast difference between the main sources I chose. They are BBC, CNN, ABC and TheStar respectively. The differences between them are :

• The amount of national/international news published.
• The amount of political/accidents/entertainment news
• The way they focus on different news source. [which news site focus on which.]

During my experiment, I often got lost on where should I start because of the wide choice provided. On BBC news, as easy as it seems, they have the one-minute world news (which was my favorite) to guide you on where you should start your news with. They normally includes political news and events that are occurring in the world. and they are similar to the newspaper headlines. However, in CNN and ABC news, they focuses more on events and entertainment news. Which for one, I call it "scoop" and not "news". As we follow back to Day 12's Actress alleges Polanski assault, even so some people know who she is [I don't even know her!], it is not a huge concern of our daily life which we want to read about it. Compared to the Oil spill, and Iceland's volcano ash, her suing Polanski is a very minor issue. I believe these entertainment news are very much the reason why people are less interested in reading/watching the news anymore. It does not focus on the community's concern. In addition, these [entertainment news] are not even considered news! So, why do people want to read these?! They could buy a magazine instead, than scooping around in the news section.

As i was conducting this experiment, I found what amuses me most are the different things going on in different parts of the world yet, at the same time. For example, the Oil spill at the Gulf of Mexico, Iceland's volcanic ash, Times square bomb attempt, Bangkok trouble, and much more! Watching/reading the news is a never ending thing. It is not like a book where we can finish up in a week or two. I like this habit of watching the news and keeping me informed of the current issues. Yet, on the other hand, its also very time consuming and I find that I have lesser time to do other things. A dilemma I have of being aware of my surroundings and the laziness in me! :P All in all, I believe watching/reading the news pays off, because these are all becoming part of the world history, and we can all learn something from it.