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It's interesting to see how the Mass Media is portraying Bitcoin through the recent years...
https://youtu.be/Owm6W1MmQAc

Seems that in 2016 we were all Drug Dealers and Murders for Hire  ;D

Somehow we cannot deny them since bitcoin was actually used in the black market before and there are still who uses bitcoin to do their illicit bidding. Also scammers are everywhere that will pose as an investment but actually a scamming scheme behind the program. Such activities were affecting bitcoin badly and we cannot blame them for saying so. But even though bitcoin is always portrayed negatively on the tv programs and news but it is still loved by many.

go on bitcoinobituary.com lol this will put a great deal into perspective

The sceptics were only focusing on the negative aspects.Though its very critical and important for such critics so that bitcoin can be improved

Little by little, the media is changing its approach to cryptocurrencies. I think the association of bitcoin with crime was due to ignorance and sensationalism. When the media have realized that there is a growing interest in bitcoin by the average citizen, especially young people, they have changed their approach. However, I must admit that I don't like it when they talk about cryptocurrencies in speculative terms, making the audience believe that they are going to make a lot of money quickly and easily.

TV has never been honest
Always showed content that is beneficial only to the government. If someone saw an honest television - then this is fantastic  ;)

Actually, I've heard bitcoin being mentioned on our national channel a few times, mostly in news and it was never in a negative light, always neutral or somewhat positive.

I remember once it was mentioned in the context of a brand new technology, also news about bitcoin ATM that's been placed and a few economists talking about it, mostly explaining what it is and how it works.

Can surely say that I've never heard anyone talking about it in a bad way on tv here.

I posted this the other day, but here in Canada, we started getting Coinsquare commercials during the NHL playoffs (https://www.facebook.com/coinsquare.io/videos/1900372693320004/). Super interesting to see something so mainstream.

While it does seemingly paint the community in a shifty light, I'm not opposed to a mainstream advertised way to get the 'regular Joe' into Cryptos; also... a pretty hilarious commercial when you compare the characters to some of the users of this forum  ::)

Because it is beneficial to the government and the current financial system. Mass television has never shown the truth, but few people think about it. Most people look and believe that it is very sad.

Bitcoins appearing in the year 2016 are very rare and I do not know anything about Bitcoin, the media or the TV does not have many Bitcoin programs. In the years 2017 and 2018, the frequency of Bitcoin appearing on television programs is very much and is of great interest to many. Bitcoin is increasingly being considered.

Not only that, we are scammers as well and black market enthusiast. How unfortunate it is that social media only focuses on the negative side of cryptocurrency instead putting all of its aspects in a whole perspective. Indeed,the main cause of this is the ignorance, the lack of knowledge as well as the closed minded-individual that speaks and judge based only on what they have read in the social media platforms or heard on the news. This, too, causes FUD's which I doubt, they know.

I don't really understand why different criminals get payments for different crimes (like a murder or something else) using BTC as payment method.
Are they idiots? BTC is not anonymous, there are a lot of fully anonymous coins: XMR or XVG for example.

Bitcoin on the television with the bubble news: D. It's a topic worth paying attention to .. no one initially accepts the good stuff at all .. let time prove yourself blockchain technology after bitcoin. It will be a sustainable 4.0 economy! BTCBTCBTCBTCBTCBTCBTC

people usually like the negative part more than the reality which means there are far more negative news about bitcoin than there are anything positive in the news, in reality there are a lot of positivity though!
also there are a lot of FUDs because people want to buy bitcoin cheaper and FUD helps that a little bit.

Yet here we are now with BTC which is being portrayed as 1 LMABO and 10 LAMBO in one year. Lolz. I am sure madd media is something that manipulates the news a lot when they get hands on something. At least in my country I have seen some cases where news channels has drastically manipulated the use of Bitcoin. Mostly they keep flashing that BTC is scam, it can take up your money and run away. What the hell!  ::) Its the person behind that scam you sucker punches!  :P


There you go. One more point of getting the news flashed about the BTC in wrong way. Or is it the government itself who is doing al these things!  ::)

Early onset of bitcoin news was very bad and lack of confidence in the greatness of bitcoin but after 2017 bitcoin had a tremendous rise and became very viral news in social media, and good and bad news news is often circulated to date.

very interesting topic for communication! media helped very much to disperse the stand of bitcoin to the maximum prices! demand was exceeded due to a large dump of information and advertising in the media! I am sure that now there will be a second wave of growth and again the dumping of information to people!

Hahaha. Till date no media has portrayed bitcoin as a good technology advancement or as an effective technology that is much powerful than the traditional system. Over the past years bitcoin can't be seen much on Television, but now things have changed. Quite often news related to bitcoin is getting telecasted.

...And in 2018, we are bubbles!

I love the bubble part since it doesn't criminalize Bitcoin before laymen on the streets. That tag leaves few hodlers like us to our fate and faith and the government and authorities should just STFO.

Fuck the shit media out. Once Abraham lincoln ruling we can see media as the powerful weapon in democratic country to help people but now Media are owned by various corporate companies at least they own some decent shares on the project.
So bankers and fiat currency reserve system not allow the other revolution to replace the fiat cash. If the bitcoin replace is those corporates will not make money from this easily mate. Please do not keep your money on fiat cash please move towards bitcoin and other alts.
I will see any news show on television channel, they are lying all the time mate.

Actually media is mostly influenced by big financial institutions.So its quite natural that they tried their best to show the negativity of bitcoin.But now bitcoin reaching such a high price,it became difficult for them to continue with their agenda.So they have nowadays changed their attitude and approach towards bitcoin.

What does the mainstream German channel say about Bitcoin? In recent times, there has been a television program broadcast by reporter Das Erste, a description of the extensive understanding of Bitcoin - advanced digital currency. Following the Bitcoin Brief, the next news was reported by the correspondent of the meeting between the Cryptoanarchy Institute and Paralelen Polis Martijn Wismeijer, a marketing manager at General Bytes. Martijn Wismeijer is best known for his Bitcoin chip transplant and he let reporters know the principles of its operation.

Media have great impact to influence the viewers. It is one of the major aspect of transferring good news and bad news but of the time it is always bad news presented to air. If people didn't become noticeable probablythey will fall by adopting what the've watched. Presently we are in 2018 bitcoin will dump and pump and more news of social media will spread throughout this year.

On television, it is reported that Bitcoin is digital gold. The details are highlighted by radio operators explaining the mining and securitization of capital transactions made via the internet. They also explain how to exploit existing Bitcoin mines. In addition, Das Erste also broadcasts a video about mining equivalent to gold mining. Because Bitcoin is a finite quantity product, so if the number of participants increases, the value of them is increased.

I have noticed that in media that already buried bitcoin at least 20 times what only I have noticed. If the prices drops a little, they always tell it is the end this time...

I remember  ;D

bitcoin appeared on the TV I watched a few times and it's mainly in the provincial channels, in the future i hope i will be watching more about bitcoin on tv i also want it to appear on the main channels of transmission form

TV show just show negative about Bitcoin and always related with deep web, drugs, hacking, carding, and another illegal activity. But, sometimes there are some positive news about Bitcoin but just little. Just about someone which get rich because of Bitcoin and something like that.

I found a television program that provided information that the amount of electricity consumed for mining this Bitcoin amounted to 1 million Euro in just one month. However, the amount of Bitcoin collected each day is a secret, as competitors use it to exploit the company's activities. The Bitcoin mine in Iceland is very well built because it is equipped with a very good steam and air conditioning system.  :)

That is why I feel more and more people who actually understand the technology should come out in the media and share what it truly is the world. Because people still believe in the myths and most of what they see in the media.
Its important to educate people about crypto and blockchain.

nope, that was may be just less than 1 percent - people were also byuing pizza and paying each other with Bitcoin then.

I have started noticing posters praising bitcoin in my country which is very unexpected and surprising!

The Exactly, bitcoin is not that popular on news in year 2016. Mostly bitcoin is endorse and can be seen at social media, but everything changes in year 2017. Bitcoin makes it way through the top and became popular due to its price. Until now in the present it became even more popular. It became common, you can see it all over the news. Interviews of the users are the most popular news right now.

2016 - Bitcoin is bad, it is used for illegal purposes. Thus it will be banned and will fail.
2018- Monero is replacing bitcoins for illegal purposes, so bitcoin demand is reduced. It will fail.

What they want ?

This is reality and we cant deny this,since the cryptocurrency specially bitcoin is involving in such,and i remember one of Keanu Reeves movie shows how the black market uses this great coin.

But just like Physical money everything is possible with criminals so we cant do anything about that,even if they abolished crypoworld still life wont change.criminal will only find another way of payments

In the movies I have watched that bitcoin has been mentioned in recent times (2017-2018), I think it has reduced from the outright drug dealers and murders but now its being portrayed as a means to hide from government. The recent one I watched was a billionaire facing some charges  with the government and could lose everything and was forced to take the option of keeping enough in crypto currency. While its not totally a promotion of bitcoin or its endorsement, its really a great shift from the myopic position that they have taken in time past and that is really giving the popularity that shows that bitcoin might not be scam or ponzi after all.

90-99% of all the Bitcoin is owned by 1% of all the users.
Bitcoin is an improvement to the monetary system only in efficiency. The main issue of the previous fiat currencies is more abundant in Bitcoin which is the concentration of the elites wealth making all other users slaves for the system.
Fair distribution and manipulation proof are the most important elements needed.
Also note the volatility as a way they increase their holdings through manipulation.
The entire crypto shere has been infiltrated not only bitcoin.

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to be honest when bitcoin isn't that famous yet most of the users use it for their illegal transactions and for their bad motives like buying weapons, drugs etc but as times goes by bitcoin become the source of income of the people like me but then right now media tells people that this is some sort of scam which is not true if it is a scam then why would we stilk continue to use this media makes bitcoin bad so that we can not adopt the online currency.

LOL. Some TV persons used really to compare those ones, who deal with Bitcoin with a kind of criminals. However, what I am watching for the last 6-9 months is that people are interested in the cryptocurrency.

I remember when Ellen mentioned Bitcoin and everyone and their mother though it was going to moon.   

I don't know who is that host is but telling that his audience who have bitcoin are arms dealers and murderers for hire, why they allow this to happen?
I heard this last year from John McAfee but the demand for bitcoin never reduced.

From where am I, bitcoin prompted from our news with still a negative positions, as scammers uses bitcoin investment to collect funds from their network
and now that the system failed and the money already been take away from the investors, but the good side more people around me got an idea and ask
me how to work with this investment without being scammed.

they are just a dumb comedian that getting paid by their boss to spread the FUD about cryptocurrency. this is very easy, you get paid and you will do anything for it, even if you do not understand what you are talking about. but I agree with some of the things they say, like investing in bitcoin you can be a millionaire or totally destroyed, yes I agree if you are stupid enough to sell all your property and make investments without understanding things you invest at all. not just in bitcoin, but in all other forms of investment.

Although sometimes mass media really tell some strange things to us, this year TV and all this fuss on TV shows concerning BTC affects the better popularity of Bitcoin.

I found a television program that provided information that the amount of electricity consumed for mining this Bitcoin amounted to 1 million Euro in just one month. But, the amount of Bitcoin collected each day is a secret, as competitors use it to exploit the company's activities. The Bitcoin mine in Iceland is very well built because it is equipped with a very good steam and air conditioning system.

Bitcoin on TV I think is a nice idea

I don't know exactly what is happening in your place but in my area the biggest boom of bitcoin on media was on 2017 all of the television networks are just reporting it atleast once a week starting from the mid quarter of year 2017 but now it seems that the hype was already gone because most of the people who did tried to invest was involved in scam. That is why most of them also left. Yet it still broke the boundaries since the largest bitcoin exchange in the country already has 5million verified users

At first, the reputation of bitcoin was not that good since it was used for somr illegal actions. But as time goes by, media has a positive perspective about it. They tend to realized the pessimistic approach of bitcoin in each individual, business, economy, assets and etc.

I have seen bitcoin on national tv channels several times. But unfortunately, most of time they a negative news about scam ico, ponzi investment and the fail of bitcoin price. I hope to see the day when they talk about the advantages of bitcoin.

the differences that occurred in the last few years are very significant, where users and investors bitcoin more and bring a positive impact for one's economy.

the bitcoin is popular on tv as the currency for and uses for bad things and i think that its not good for bitcoin because it will makes the price os decreasing because of this issues, maybe we can makes bitcoin names is clear and not known as the murderer currency and other bad things

Indeed we can not deny that bitcoins have been used in black markets and illegal transactions, but even though the media speak of the negative aspects of btc, it is still very many people love them

Bitcoin also discussed on tv show in my country but it's not really attracts people attention. I in the first time pretend that bitcoin is like toy amd I think I can't earn money from it, maybe most of people will be just like me. There are also many youtuber that show their expensive things that they bought using money from cryptocurrency world. It is good to attracts people attention.

Media is a very powerful tool for manipulating public opinion! There was a very strong HYIP in 2017, after which all the TVs began to advertise bitcoin! Haip very quickly spread around the world and attracted new participants to this crypto market! The big plus is that bitcoin and crypto world are advertised all over the world! After such advertising came new investments and new people into the crypto market! As soon as the growth of bitcoin has crouched, the media began to tell about its fall and its end! Mass media, that is very badly spoken, it is very well spoken about bitcoin and the whole system! I am very upset, that the opinion of media is constantly changing! I especially do not like public people who constantly change their minds! for example Soros before the new year said that bitcoin is a bubble and soon it will end! and after a few months he opened his own investment fund in the crypt world! people are constantly changing opinion and I am sure that we are waiting for a great future in the crypt world! I advise you not to watch and not listen to bad news about the crypto world and about bitcoin! I wish everyone success and a lot of money!

Different eyes will have different attitudes. The focal length is also the focal point which has two sides of it

If you look at the perspective, the other person will look at the focal point and maybe vice versa

We all know that media is very powerful  to show negative and positive  news  about bitcoin.By spread the good news about bitcoin we need to use media  so that it will become more popular so that we can help more people around the world.

But we cannot deny that bitcoin was used in the dark web for illicit activities in its early days. And ofcourse scammers are everywhere that poses a threat to every crypto user there.

After a decline of BTC value in the past few months people do not talk anymore about btc. I remember last october till march you hear btc conversation when waiting at traffic light or go to the store, or have a meal in the restaurant ... everybody was talking about BTC.

No more is interested at the moment so it seems:) I hope this will change starting October this year as well.

Any advertising in media for bitcoin is a good advertisement. After all, so about him learns more people, he becomes more popular. You are right, many famous people changed their minds about cryptocurrencies - at first they supported bitcoin, now they say that it will collapse.

Interesting topic!

But although bitcoin is always depicted negatively on TV shows and news, it is still popular. I think the combination of bitcoin with crime is due to lack of understanding and sensationalism. However, I have to admit that I do not like it when they talk about electronic money under speculation, making the audience believe that they will make a lot of money quickly and easily.

As soon as I know it does not show the bitcoin on the tv because there are so many misinformed stories they can make in the story of scum the bitcoin on the internet they put it in their beliefs or they do not have to judge because when people know Search the internet knows they know whether the bitcoin is true or not.

Yes true media now are mostly doing some dishonest news,but all of that nonesense newa many of us are still been a supportive to bitcoin,who cares by them as long as we know all the good characters of what bitcoin gives us.

Yes media is a only tool to manipulate publics attention but inspite of that all we were still here standing brave and not to be coward to be affected,.were still have our highest support for bitcoin because we all know the good things of what bitcoin gave us is never forgotten.,so in my part i would not let go.

I've seen bitcoin news on some TV channels, but they only give the negative side news of its bitcoin alone, that's what makes a lot of people think negative about bitcoin, but the truth is that bitcoin has a negative side but the positive side of bitcoin is much better than the side its negative.