Sometimes I think that if it weren't for the news media, we wouldn't need the news media.
Yesterday, I watched a few minutes of TV coverage of the missing girl in Aruba on FoxNews with Greta van Susteren, formerly of CNN. Having run out of juicy morsels and tidbits to actually report about, she decided to attack the Aruban government. Greta, having recently been elected as leader of the free world, knows best.
She complained that if Aruba did this and if Aruba did that (the way America does it), not only would the case be solved by now, but the media would not have to sensantionalize everything that is happening down there.
Well, it seems to this dumb Texas boy that Greta is the one who chooses to blow everything out of proportion to get TV ratings. As this case continues being investigated after 36 days, FoxNews has lessened its coverage to only about 10 hours per day.
Am I missing something here? Remember, so far, there is no proof that a crime has even been committed.
4 comments:
Yes Greta is the Leader of the Free World, what of it? (-: No she is pretty(not Greta), white and the story has the "hidden" under current of SEX. Actually SEX and VIOLENCE two American favorites.
Sensationalism, sensationalism, sensationalism. Ratings, ratings, ratings. Of course this leads to more dollars, dollars, dollars. And this has led to the button that lets me mute, mute, mute.
The only thing I use the TV news for anymore is getting the weather report, and even it is sensationalized.
You're right! So far it COULD just be another bride with cold feet... vacationing over in Curacao...
Cheers,
Mr. H.K.
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