CMV: Any kind of news source that relies on advertising as the primary or only method of funding has a negative effect on society overall

Any news source that relies on advertising and therefore relies on views as its main source of funding will be forced into inaccurate reporting or reporting that has a negative impact on society in order to please people.

The current iteration of the news, for the most part, has to be 'up to date' in that it has to ensure it is the first to give breaking news often before this news is verified fully.

The bigger problem is news content being driven by viewing numbers. A good example of this in recent times is the amount of coverage the 'covfeve' mistake got in the US. It got as much coverage on many channels as the Paris conference and more than the gas attack in Aleppo.

I believe this shows the inherent problem with viewer funded news, it panders too much to celebrity gossip and unimportant issues rather than informing people on what is going on in the world.

I believe that a lot of the issues in the world; growing radicalisation, uninformed voters and generally disenchanted voters could in part be solved by news outlets that set out to inform rather than to get views.