national stadium of France in Paris during a football match. That was followed by several

在巴黎法國國家體育場的一場足球比賽中。此後又發生了幾起

mass shootings and a suicide bombing. 130 people died and over 400 (413) were injured.

大規模槍擊事件和自殺式爆炸事件。130人死亡，400多人（413人）受傷。

It was the deadliest attack in France since the Second World War.

這是第二次世界大戰以來法國發生的最致命的襲擊。

The entire world was frightened. Many world leaders and people issued statements, condemning

整個世界都被嚇壞了。許多世界領導人和人民發表聲明，譴責。

the attacks and vowing to stand by and support France.

襲擊事件，併發誓要支持法國。

But did you know that roughly three times that number of French citizens died on that

但你知道嗎？ 大約有三倍於這個數字的法國公民死在那上面。

same day from cancer? You haven't heard about that and not a single

同一天因癌症而死？你沒有聽說過，沒有一個人

news channel talked about it even though that the number of people died was 3 times higher.

新聞頻道談到了它，即使死亡人數是3倍以上。

And that's because people die all the time from cancer. it's not breaking news, unlike

這是因為人們死於癌症的所有時間。 這不是突發新聞，不像。

an insane man running and shooting people all around or blowing himself up.

一個瘋狂的人跑著向周圍的人開槍，或者自爆。

And that's the problem with the news. News channels are not there to deliver you authentic

這就是新聞的問題所在。新聞頻道不是為了給你提供真實的

news that matters but rather they focus on events that would grab the most attention.

重要的新聞，而是他們專注於會吸引最多注意力的事件。

They talk about things that would make you emotional and watch more of that.

他們談論的事情，會讓你感慨萬千，多看一些。

That's why when you watch the news, it feels like the world is a horrible place. People

所以當你看新聞的時候，會覺得這個世界很可怕。人

are getting crazy all around the world because telling people that there are more likely

越來越瘋狂的世界各地，因為告訴人們，有更多的可能。

to die by a TV or a furniture falling at them than a terrorist act isn't as frightening

被電視或傢俱砸死比恐怖行為更可怕

as massive shooting.

作為大規模射擊。

Here in the west or the united states, people are more afraid of terrorists than cars. But

在西方或美國，人們更害怕恐怖分子，而不是汽車。但是

if you look at the statistics, you will give it another thought. From 1975 through the

如果你看一下統計數字，你就會再考慮一下。從1975年到

end of 2016, 3,438 have been killed by all terrorists while over 37133 people were killed

2016年底，已有3438人被所有恐怖分子殺害，而超過37133人被殺害。

in car accidents in 2017 alone but no one is shouting that we should abandon cars. Here

在2017年就發生了車禍，但沒有人喊我們應該棄車。這裡

is another fun fact, you are twice likely to be killed by an animal than a terrorist.

是另一個有趣的事實，你是兩倍的可能性 被動物殺死比恐怖分子。

But news that we should get rid of all animals isn't going to get a lot of attention.

但我們應該擺脫所有動物的新聞並不會引起很多人的注意。

And you can't really blame them for that. It's not cheap to run a newspaper. You have

這也不能怪他們。辦報不便宜。你必須

to got to hire writers, editors, graphic designers, journalists, reporters, buy a lot of expensive

得請作家、編輯、平面設計師、記者、記者，買了很多昂貴的東西

equipment and rent a giant office for everyone to work in.

設備，並租一個巨大的辦公室供大家辦公。

Someone has to pay for all of that. And since we are not ready to do that, we are not the

總得有人為這一切付出代價。既然我們還沒有準備好這樣做，那麼我們就不是... ...

customers, so they have found another source of revenue which is advertising. And all that

客戶，所以他們找到了另一個收入來源，那就是廣告。而這一切

these companies care about is to promote their products to as many people as possible. So

這些公司關心的是向儘可能多的人推廣他們的產品。所以

news organizations left with no choice to make money but to grab as much attention as

新聞機構為了賺錢別無選擇，只能儘可能多地吸引注意力

possible. Even if that means dramatizing unnecessarily news or only delivering the news that would

儘可能的。即使這意味著不必要的新聞戲劇化，或者只提供會

get most views.

獲得最多瀏覽量。

And with the rise of internet, especially social media, that got even worst. Because

而隨著互聯網的興起，尤其是社交媒體的興起，這種情況就更加嚴重了。因為

more people are scrolling through their newsfeed which means less people watching TV.

越來越多的人在滾動瀏覽他們的新聞資訊，這意味著看電視的人越來越少。

Internet created a huge hole in their pocket and now they have to find another way to make

互聯網在他們的口袋裡製造了一個巨大的窟窿，現在他們不得不另闢蹊徑，以賺取

money because online ads don't pay as much as TV ads.

錢，因為網絡廣告的費用不如電視廣告多。

At their peak, a 30-second TV ad during a popular show would cost you hundreds of thousands

在他們的高峰期，一個30秒的電視廣告，在一個受歡迎的節目將花費你幾十萬

of dollars but now with online ads, you can reach that number of viewers with a significantly

的美元，但現在的在線廣告，你可以達到這個數量的觀眾與一個顯著的

smaller cost. what do you think most companies did, they turned to the internet.

更小的成本。 你認為大多數公司做了什麼，他們轉向互聯網。

That forced news organizations to cut cost and focus more heavily on news that will generate

這就迫使新聞機構不得不削減成本，更加專注於能夠產生的新聞。

more attention even if they don't matter at all.

更多的關注，即使它們根本不重要。

Videos with a lot of controversial statements will easily get more attention than carefully

含有大量爭議性言論的視頻會比精心製作的視頻更容易獲得關注。

analyzed and researched content. Social media algorithms purposefully promote

分析和研究過的內容。社交媒體算法有目的地推廣

content that you are more likely to watch, thats why fake news easily get spread.

你更容易看的內容，這就是為什麼假新聞容易被傳播的原因。

We have created an environment where it's really difficult for a professional journalist

我們創造了一個環境，在這個環境中，一個專業的記者真的很不容易

to survive So when you are watching the news, you are

所以當你在看新聞的時候，你就會發現

not really watching the news. But instead, you are watching a carefully created story

不是真的在看新聞。而是你在看一個精心製作的故事

that has some truth to it to make you feel in a certain way so that you come back and

有一些真相，讓你覺得在某種程度上，所以你回來和

watch more of it. If you follow the news in such an environment,

多看一些。如果你在這樣的環境下關注新聞。

you will mostly end up with a completely wrong perception about the world.

你最終多半會對這個世界有一個完全錯誤的認知。

That's why I stopped watching the news in general and follow only what affects my life

所以，我不再看一般的新聞，只關注影響我生活的事情。

directly and I would encourage you to do the same because it saves a lot of time.

直接，我鼓勵你也這樣做，因為這樣可以節省很多時間。

Anyways, give this video a thumbs up if you have enjoyed, thanks for watching and I will

總之，如果你喜歡這個視頻，請豎起大拇指，謝謝你的觀看，我會

catch you in the next one.

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