I'm Sick Of It
X_Stickman
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<div class="IPBDescription">Completely</div> This basically comes from that Sweedish Minister thread. I'm fed up with news coverage. It's rubbish. Well, not the news coverage, although it has major flaws (A cat being born is NOT news, as i remember seeing one day), it's the.... well, ok, yeah, it's the news.
Princess Diana dies. Sad day. She helped hundreds of children etc. Ok, she's dead. I know she is. Why did the news cover it for 2 weeks constantly? I know she's dead, you can't uncover any new facts about her being dead (apart from what killed her, car crash). Most people think that she was assasinated, which i tend to agree with anyway.
But think about it, why is she any more important than anyone else? When i die, no one is going to do a news article about me, and if they do, they sure as hell aren't gonna keep on about it for four weeks. You know what? I don't want them to. When i die, i'll be dead, i can't care what anyone else thinks at all. I don't want people to be sad, i don't want people to be crying for days. I'm going to write into my will that my funeral song is "Electric 6 - **** Bar". I want people to be happy, i don't want people moping around for days.
There are just things wrong with the way news is portrayed these days... it's not news, it's what happens to powerful people. If Mrs.Smith from down the road got butchered, her unborn baby ripped from her stomach and stapled next to her, what would happen? She'd get a 5 minute broadcast at the end of the news. But say, the Queen or George Bush picks their nose in public, you can guarantee that there'll be pictures of it all over the internet, TV, newspapers etc for at least 5 days. It's just wrong. All people are equal, apparantly. But we're not, not by a long shot.
The news is also.... biased. The WTC attacks got coverage for weeks, which is fair because it was a huge attack, nasty and so on. But by the second day, everyone pretty much knew that it was Bin Laden. So why did the news people keep covering it? They KNEW it would bring in the viewers, which ultimatly means more money for them. Which isn't news, it's business. I know that's the reason they're in the trade, but it's sick to play on people's emotions.
I saw pictures of a smoking tower every day for about a month. Then at the end of the news, i heard something like "Police are hunting a viscious Axe-Murderer. Good Night". It's just messed up. The WTC attacks were huge, but if they had happened in.... say the Middle-East, no one would have cared. It would have been a 10 minute news article. No more.
Also, i hate rememberance things. As i said, when i die, i don't want people to be sad. I seriously doubt all those soldiers who died in D-Day want everyone feeling sad each year. They gave their lives (But not on purpose, as most people seem to think. It was just "luck of the draw" so to speak, that they died and other's lived) so we wouldn't live under an oppresice regime, but we almost put ourselves under one by not being able to smile, or laugh on VE Day (well, not that bad, but you get my point).
I'm also fairly sure that the people who died in the WTC attacks want people to get on with their lives as well. Cold Hard Facts here people, Crying won't bring them back. They probably don't want you to cry., so why do it? To feel sorry, yes, but that was in the first year, then 2 years later you bring it all back up again to cry over?
I know i've hit some cords with people. I also know that as soon as i mentioned the WTC attacks in anything less than a patriotic way, people have already rushed to the "Reply" button without reading the rest of this. But i don't care. I've had enough of news that isn't news. I've had enough of people calling me cold hearted just because i can get on with my life. I will tell you now, i don't care when people die. I can't do anything about it. Why should i feel bad? And people thinking "you wouldn't feel the same if someone you knew was on one of the planes!", yes i would. I didn't feel any strong emotion over WTC, and i know other people didn't either.
My conclusion, and end of the rant that will get me despised by everyone on these boards, and very possibly banned, is approaching. I know that there are people who would now happily dance on my grave. I don't care, do what you like, i can't do a thing about it. I'll even tell my next of kin to give you a Pizza if you want one.
My "Argument" kind of dissipated in here, i got wound up. But i don't use these forums very often any more, and i don't know anyone here, so i don't really care what happens to it. I very much doubt it will survive, and if it does, it will be editted. These are my opinions, and i WILL defend them. Not by saying "Yo momma" but by stating why i hold them.
Anyway, my basic point is: Dianah was a person, that sweedish minister was a person, the WTC victims were people, hell, even the terrorists were people. We're all equal. Dianah and the Minister helped with charity you say? So? St.Johns Ambulance drivers help with charity, but if they were in a car crash, no one would care.
So, this is probably the last thing i'll be able to post from this computer. I don't care. I've finally got it off my chest. To most, i'm a cold hearted monster, but i don't care. I'm not crying over things that can't be changed, and if i was on the plane, i wouldn't expect people to cry over me either.
Those are my opinions and ideas. Discuss them, or flame me. I don't care.
Princess Diana dies. Sad day. She helped hundreds of children etc. Ok, she's dead. I know she is. Why did the news cover it for 2 weeks constantly? I know she's dead, you can't uncover any new facts about her being dead (apart from what killed her, car crash). Most people think that she was assasinated, which i tend to agree with anyway.
But think about it, why is she any more important than anyone else? When i die, no one is going to do a news article about me, and if they do, they sure as hell aren't gonna keep on about it for four weeks. You know what? I don't want them to. When i die, i'll be dead, i can't care what anyone else thinks at all. I don't want people to be sad, i don't want people to be crying for days. I'm going to write into my will that my funeral song is "Electric 6 - **** Bar". I want people to be happy, i don't want people moping around for days.
There are just things wrong with the way news is portrayed these days... it's not news, it's what happens to powerful people. If Mrs.Smith from down the road got butchered, her unborn baby ripped from her stomach and stapled next to her, what would happen? She'd get a 5 minute broadcast at the end of the news. But say, the Queen or George Bush picks their nose in public, you can guarantee that there'll be pictures of it all over the internet, TV, newspapers etc for at least 5 days. It's just wrong. All people are equal, apparantly. But we're not, not by a long shot.
The news is also.... biased. The WTC attacks got coverage for weeks, which is fair because it was a huge attack, nasty and so on. But by the second day, everyone pretty much knew that it was Bin Laden. So why did the news people keep covering it? They KNEW it would bring in the viewers, which ultimatly means more money for them. Which isn't news, it's business. I know that's the reason they're in the trade, but it's sick to play on people's emotions.
I saw pictures of a smoking tower every day for about a month. Then at the end of the news, i heard something like "Police are hunting a viscious Axe-Murderer. Good Night". It's just messed up. The WTC attacks were huge, but if they had happened in.... say the Middle-East, no one would have cared. It would have been a 10 minute news article. No more.
Also, i hate rememberance things. As i said, when i die, i don't want people to be sad. I seriously doubt all those soldiers who died in D-Day want everyone feeling sad each year. They gave their lives (But not on purpose, as most people seem to think. It was just "luck of the draw" so to speak, that they died and other's lived) so we wouldn't live under an oppresice regime, but we almost put ourselves under one by not being able to smile, or laugh on VE Day (well, not that bad, but you get my point).
I'm also fairly sure that the people who died in the WTC attacks want people to get on with their lives as well. Cold Hard Facts here people, Crying won't bring them back. They probably don't want you to cry., so why do it? To feel sorry, yes, but that was in the first year, then 2 years later you bring it all back up again to cry over?
I know i've hit some cords with people. I also know that as soon as i mentioned the WTC attacks in anything less than a patriotic way, people have already rushed to the "Reply" button without reading the rest of this. But i don't care. I've had enough of news that isn't news. I've had enough of people calling me cold hearted just because i can get on with my life. I will tell you now, i don't care when people die. I can't do anything about it. Why should i feel bad? And people thinking "you wouldn't feel the same if someone you knew was on one of the planes!", yes i would. I didn't feel any strong emotion over WTC, and i know other people didn't either.
My conclusion, and end of the rant that will get me despised by everyone on these boards, and very possibly banned, is approaching. I know that there are people who would now happily dance on my grave. I don't care, do what you like, i can't do a thing about it. I'll even tell my next of kin to give you a Pizza if you want one.
My "Argument" kind of dissipated in here, i got wound up. But i don't use these forums very often any more, and i don't know anyone here, so i don't really care what happens to it. I very much doubt it will survive, and if it does, it will be editted. These are my opinions, and i WILL defend them. Not by saying "Yo momma" but by stating why i hold them.
Anyway, my basic point is: Dianah was a person, that sweedish minister was a person, the WTC victims were people, hell, even the terrorists were people. We're all equal. Dianah and the Minister helped with charity you say? So? St.Johns Ambulance drivers help with charity, but if they were in a car crash, no one would care.
So, this is probably the last thing i'll be able to post from this computer. I don't care. I've finally got it off my chest. To most, i'm a cold hearted monster, but i don't care. I'm not crying over things that can't be changed, and if i was on the plane, i wouldn't expect people to cry over me either.
Those are my opinions and ideas. Discuss them, or flame me. I don't care.
Comments
The thing that really raised this issue to me was several months ago. Ok, little story here. About 4-6 months ago someone was murdered across the road from my brother's house, about 9am, she was decapitated and found slumped over the front wall of someone's house. She'd just dropped her kid off at school and was walking back only to be attacked by her jealous husband / ex / lover (delete as applicable). As i mentioned, my brother lives right across the road from this, it scares you to know it's happening around you, especially in what you'd consider a "nice area". But anyway, that's getting off topic. The point of this little story is that this murder grabbed something like page 3 of a local evening news story, but the main story on the local and national news was some new football star getting transferred, or some new celebrity getting cosmetic surgery, the usual mindless drivel you become accostomed to watching the news.
In short, the media does not care about insignificant people. Nobodies draw no ratings while the hottest celebrity growing a beard (especially if female) will draw them. Consider yourself a network boss, which story would you run .... ?
How many know about the threat that Tuberculosis is posing right now to the ENITIRE human race? Not many I'd bet.
People want updates.
I'm upset over the coverage of gulf war 2; we saw one firefight (um quasar) and even though we had "500" or more "embedded reporters" we really see little else. Where is the rest of the footage? Stored in mass for future docu-dramas?
The media is a double edged sword; they provide a nessisary service, but at the cost of showing you only what they feel like you need to see.
With luck, some of these embed reporters will understand what it is like to be there on the front. They'll hopefully bond with the soldiers there, and that will clear up gross misconceptions or stereotypes. At least for those reporters. Explaining that to the folks back home in the news studio may be more difficult.
But think about it, why is she any more important than anyone else? When i die, no one is going to do a news article about me, and if they do, they sure as hell aren't gonna keep on about it for four weeks. You know what? I don't want them to. When i die, i'll be dead, i can't care what anyone else thinks at all. I don't want people to be sad, i don't want people to be crying for days. I'm going to write into my will that my funeral song is "Electric 6 - **** Bar". I want people to be happy, i don't want people moping around for days.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Princess Diana was royalty, she was beautiful, and that sells. That is why western civilization is slowly degrading into something we shouldn't. People should realize there is more to life than media, beauty, power, greed, and whatnot.
If it sells the media pumps more and evidently it does. I hate the media and that is why I don't watch television.
On the other hand, Diana will be remembered for her ways and whatnot, but really, it is the people who are truly humble and serve others without thinking in return that leave their mark in people's lives. That is all that really matters, so who cares about the media.
They covered the story for two weeks. At the end of the first week, a Friday I think it was, a half-hour "news" report about Diana had just finished. The the reported said something along the lines of "In other news, Mother Teresa has died today. That's all for today, goodnight."
Now i'm no expert, but I would say Mother Teresa has helped far more people than Diana (not to say Diana wasn't a good person), but how "important" is she?
So a royal gets 2 weeks coverage, but a nun who devotes her entire life to helping the needy gets 20 seconds.
Sickening.