Entertainment News

Recently I've noticed how limited Taiwan's entertainment business is, one can say that it's virtually a drought of the industry. Especially when the news channels steal the limelight of all the 58329231 channels available.

The news channels in Taiwan report on more than political, economic or social issues. Other than the usual news which the reporters merely transfer what the officials say without questioning, or if they do, they tend to ask victims or the relatives of the deceased of how they feel about the perpetrator. The position of reporters tend to be redundant in this matter.

Besides the verbal explanation, the most entertaining part has to be the animation and graphic designing of the news. This technique was first imported from a Hong Kong gossip daily - Apple Daily, in 2003. As a result, descriptive animated sequence of murder or rape cases supplements the report at large in most news channels.

After all the sex and violence were shown, came the food and leisure, which couldn't be anymore natural considering what we are build for. And frankly, these leisure reporters are the ones who hit the nail on its head. "Where are the produce from?" "How do you prepare?" "How many customers a day?" Then they switch to the customers: "How often do you visit this restaurant?" "What makes you want to come back?" "What do you think of this place?"

If the same questions were asked to the government officials and the people, Taiwan would probably have become one of the more advanced government in Asia. People's mind would have probably advanced to the next sophistication. The government would then be aware of what power and pressure the media can bring to them and make sure the real issues are dealt with. The people would then be aware of what actually happens and be involved in seeing it through.

For all we know this might happen in the distant future, it might not. But what I know now is that the media takes much of the responsibility of what we might become, or not.