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7.07.2005
In general I get disappointed with the way that we deal with tragedies. The media seems to treat them as an excuse to make themselves the center of attention. Everyone who gets paid to have an opinion crawls into the studios to give their two cent's worth. Everyone wants to explain why this event validates their point of view. Every politician, no matter how disconnected from the event feels like they must hold a press conference to express their regret and sadness. In the end I can't help but feel that the victims, the people who have had their lives shaken or taken, are treated as props. I visited my parent's today for a bit and I watched a few minutes of cable news. And as I watched the same half dozen clips cycled over and over again I couldn't help but think "The news has been reported" The event was over. All they were doing now was talking. The bobbleheads were all excited, cutting from a guy standing in front of the White House, to a guy in a London studio, to a lady in an Atlanta studio. Text scrolled hurriedly across the bottom of the screen reminding us all what had happened. Politicians were holding press conferences. Experts were telling what it all means. But I still kept thinking "There's no news here". Nothing new was happening. And the "news" that would have been broadcasted instead was relegated to the dust bin where it rightfully belonged in the first place. |
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