Media today is sensationalizing news.

Round 1
avanti: "The media today is sensationalizing news so that everyone watches news. There is coverage on every topic from politics to entertainment. There is hardly any subject not covered by the media today."

kingy: "The topic is sensationalism of the media. Not only do you fail to miss the point of what sensationalism is entirely, the postulate of your argument is wrong at its core, and there is absolutely no proof or examples you cited that correlate to your argument.

First of all, I'll provide the definition of sensationalism from a variety of sources: Merriam-Webster: empiricism that limits experience as a source of knowledge to sensation or sense perceptions  Dictionary.com: subject matter, language, or style producing or designed to produce startling or thrilling impressions or to excite and please vulgar taste. Cambridge: when newspapers, TV, etc. intentionally present information in a way that is intended to excite or shock people Any one of these definitions work. Coverage is not the same as sensationalism; in fact they are unrelated concepts entirely, so your second two sentences are absolutely worthless, they provide nothing to the context of this debate, and whether or not they're true have no bearing whatsoever on what we're here to discuss: sensationalism. Anyone watching, be aware that the affirmative case is irrelevant to the stated topic, and that coverage has nothing to do with the topic, and is not the topic of discussion. Onto the topic of sensationalism: The news does not "sensationalize". They simply report what they're paid to report, and report it well. While it may be true negative news is presented more frequently than positive news, this is hardly because "shocking" or "thrilling" people is the point - how can murder actually "thrill" anyone whatsoever? Sensationalism is not what's going on, the are reporting news that is interesting, relevant, and indeed vital for everyone in the reporting area to know. They report what people need to know, what's going on in the community, what's happening with the government they elected, and although they're might be a slight skew for more negative than positive news, the great majority of news is neutral: only good or bad relative to your stance on various issues (e.g. who got elected, when an event of interest is going to happen). In closing, the news is not sensationalist: they are at the core neutral, and there to report the relevent and important news of their community. Thank you."