Journalism has evolved rapidly over the past few decades. Where freedom of speech has become more substantial and common, one has also observed the presence of emerging yellow journalism which was bound to happen due to external factors controlling journalism.

Why do we need news?

However whatever the journalism practices may be we cannot deny the fact that we just cant stop following the news. Whether it’s in the form of newspaper, television, internet or anything for that matter, we are in constant need of following out natural instinct of being aware of our surroundings. In the previous days we used this instinct in our defense mechanism against all sorts of dangers including animals, fire and natural disasters.

Moving on, coming to the news headlines these days it would be fair to say anything can make the headlines as far as the ratings returns are high. Since the advent of numerous news channels the competition of getting the 'breaking news' first is so high that news channels have compromised on the quality of news given to their viewers.

Poor journalism

News channels are not the only culprits in poor headlines but newspapers are at fault here too. Newspapers now concentrate on additional pages more than their main news headlines. More focus is now given to pages dedicated to things such as job vacancies and advertisements as newspapers gain huge revenues from such pages. Due to this the quality of journalism is falling day by day which is pretty alarming.

Quality journalism forms the backbone of a society and thus we should ensure that the news we follow or even pass on is true and has been verified. It is only by carrying out these measures that we can make sure that yellow journalism is brought to a halt. News channels should also be monitored by the government to an extent that they do not cross certain limits while broadcasting their news.

Headline news today

News making the headlines is the news we actually want to be in knowledge of and usually we tend to miss out on news from other countries due to the language barrier however that is not the case now since the advent of Urdu news channels one is able to enjoy quality news in his/her own mother tongue. Headline news today is on demand an when its in your own language your bound to be ecstatic.

Moving on, news today is not just confined to politics and local happenings but has a vast area including fashion, entertainment and business. Business news is very popular and many specialized business news channels have come in existence who have a very huge following including major business firms. In addition the stock market also relies on business news to predict upcoming trends in the business world. Many financial analysis give their views on these channels.

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