Why not front page ?

Political and social events occur worldwide every day across the globe, however, only a handful of these get reported by the mainstream media. The lack of reporting of events as important such as the Italian parliamentary election, as well as the recent developments in the Rohingya refugee crisis and the ongoing ethnic cleanse, that took place in the southeastern Asian nation among other important issues around the globe, create an ill informed global society, and isolates important events from the eyes of the world. Meanwhile, the large news outlets choose a select number of news to report on. The news that is often reported revolves around topics that have little importance to the world, but are given rather high attention because of who is mentioned in the story. An example of this is the high attention given to the many tweets and speeches given by president Trump regarding the NFL players kneeling during the national anthem. The grand majority of the news outlets followed this story closely throughout the time it was taking place, and in comparison,  failed to report to that same extent other stories taking tame at that same moment not only in the US, but around the world, that can ultimately impact the American society in greater ways than the tweets of the president.

While this was one of the main stories covered by the news outlets, across the Atlantic there was big developments in the political scene of one of the US most important allies and partners in the spread of democracy, Germany was in the midst of its parliamentary elections, and Angela Merkel was struggling to form a coalition government that would work with her as the Chancellor. This story, however received little coverage by the big news broadcasting companies, because it was deemed as less important for those living outside of Germany. This election, however was a very significant one that deserved close attention by people across the globe, since the party that gained several important seats in the German Parliament was a Nationalist far right party that explicitly expressed an opposing position agains immigrants and other minority groups in Germany. If true that many people knew to some extent about the election, the larger public was not informed of the details that could have changed the course of German policy. This could have greatly affected the larger political scene across the globe, since the nationalist party also expressed a great deal of skepticism against the EU, and other intergovernmental institutions. If true that in the end Merkel was able to form a coalition, and ensure a working government, this came with many challenges that the public was unaware of due to the poor news coverage.

Now the question falls to the news outlets, in whether they are working properly in delivering the necessary and important information to the public, and I would argue that they are not. The majority of the broadcasting companies provide the public with the most polarizing story, providing the most coverage for the stories that will generate a difference of opinions and incentivize more viewers revolving around the same topics. This while sacrificing the efficient spreading of information that is more important for the general public.