TV in America compared to TV in Europe

As we all know America’s biggest export is entertainment, and as an international student going to America I was very much aware what America had to offer. Since a teenager I have been seeing American movies, listening to its music, radio, and learning about its politics on the international news Channels such as CNN, which was first established in the USA. American culture of entertainment is famous and common amongst everyone in the world, as everyone loves Hollywood and the music the US has to offer. Now if someone asks me what is the difference between European television channels and American Television channels , at first I would not be able to tell the difference, but if I start watching closely and differentiating it I can make many assumptions between the two. I see that European news channels are more informative, they go into the core of the hot issues going in about around the world, and they have many programs such as the “Hard Talk” where they bring influential people from different countries and have open ended discussions. On the other hand American news channels are less informative, they focus us on so many things that people generally tend to lose interest on the topic which is a current major issue in the world. They add so much information in one hour of news that people forget what they heard was important, for example after telling how the US bombed a place in Somalia killing innocent civilians, the next topic would shift towards how a young boy fought with a coyote to save his life. On the other hand European News channels have a more democratic approach compared to American news channels which are run by an oligopoly run by people who make sure that their and the governments interests are considered. European entertainment channels are also more realistic than American serials such as flava 5, which are not at all knowledgeable. This is a major issue because Television is viewed a lot by American people, and it affects the society in many ways because children grow up by watching these entertainment channels which are focused on materialistic things, girls, money e.t.c. This is an issue which the government should resolve by ending the oligopoly, and letting other people open Television channels that are more knowledgeable, democratic, and entertaining at the same time.