Weekly Online Discussion 1- Freya

Anything too much is bad, like an old saying, “every coin has two sides.” Whether good or bad news, we should control and, ultimately, strike a balance.

Now we do be getting accustomed to bad news. You can see that there were a lot of pessimistic indexes, such as the rate of unemployment, reported in newspaper and on TV due to the sluggish economy. That contributes to less confidence for the future in the society. People are all disappointed and depressed. Moreover, we are also becoming indifferent to death because of continuous wars in the world. Everyday people could listen and watch the number of dead population. In such a sensitive time, the media should give us some hopefulness to re-build the confidence.

Over-optimism, however, is bound to the tragedy. Just before this depression, both of excessive credit expansion and over-investment were the result of the booming economy and many bullish announcements filled with in the market. Then when Job's news burst upon, plenty of enterprises went bankrupt, especially, some of which were ever famous. Some reports even said that a few of extreme people committed suicide.

In short, the government has to guide and control the mass media to report in the right way. Appropriate incentives and proper warnings are should be done in different conditions.