While violence and murder aren’t aesthetically pleasing, they are entertaining in that they cater to the individual’s fascination with the macabre. This is enough for murder and violence to garner attention on the news, a fact that has made many people equate the news with being depressing. According to Potter, most journalists lack the experience it takes to properly choose experts for news stories, so they choose people that appear to know what they’re talking about, despite whether or not they actually do. These ‘experts’ are chosen through ‘operational bias,’ which “places its emphasis on players, policies, and predictions of what will happen next” (Potter, 2013). In layman's terms, reporters choose experts based on how much the expert’s information affirms the reporter’s prior knowledge. This limits the opinions that receive representation on the