The Media
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It is a joke. If a bomb were to fall on a large building and kill a few thousand people, it would be a whole new set of emotions to play with. It would certainly stifle all of the Katrina coverage in a heartbeat. Thats what is so sad about the media. They cover what people want to see, not what people need to know. Believe it or not, people like to see this coverage. It seems to be a basic need of human beings to be interested in teh misfortunes of others. If it werent true, we wouldnt have watched the towers fall, the atrocities of war or your garden variety motorcycle or train wreck. All have little effect on YOUR life, yet you feel compelled to see it over and over again. Human nature is a funny thing amd the media has very little if anything to do with journalism.
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From: Eastern Iowa
aG-FORD. It's a joke? What do you mean it doesen't effect your life? How much are you paying for gas now? There are going to be over a million refugees from this whole thing. They are going to have to filter in somewhere. All of this stuff does effect everyone. It has to.
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From: Portsmouth, VA
I don't mind the media coverage, I kinda appreciate the break from Aruba. Also, this is BIG news, this country has never lost a city. Not to mention, we have people shooting at EMT's while they true and rescue others. It's like the LA riots on a new scale with new problems such as flooding. This is pretty close to Chrenobyl, with the exception that people will be able to move back in a year or so.
- Chris
- Chris
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Yes, the media is a huge joke, i have to go home and filter through a thousand pages of katrina info (none of which is NEWS) to find stuff that i want to know about, so you are right, this DOES affect me. Its irritating as hell. Diesel still costs me 2.44 a gallon, either way, its not going to keep me from driving to work or anything. All the media tends to do is fuel everyones pity and self pity, which effectively keeps these people from getting their lives back together sooner. They should briefly cover the donation locations for aid and leave the story alone so everyone can get the basics and begin to work things out. However, without katrina, i suppose they have to focus on how some terrible American soldier fragged a poor poor unarmed terrorist.......or something equally "non news-worthy".
EDIT: Here is a fine example of your typical media.....
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,168206,00.html
Wow, how sad, the old lady had to move out of her home like THOUSANDS of other people. Probly had to move in with her lesbian niece who is loaded with money to help her buy a new house somewhere......it truly is a terrible situation for them. Now it sucks that the old lady lost everything, but the ONLY reason this got attention is because it was a celebrity relation. Disgusting.
EDIT: Here is a fine example of your typical media.....
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,168206,00.html
Wow, how sad, the old lady had to move out of her home like THOUSANDS of other people. Probly had to move in with her lesbian niece who is loaded with money to help her buy a new house somewhere......it truly is a terrible situation for them. Now it sucks that the old lady lost everything, but the ONLY reason this got attention is because it was a celebrity relation. Disgusting.
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Why does every news organization have to have reporters there? They all report the same thing. Why not share it? TV Networks, newspapers, radio from around the world are there. Buzzing the poor victims in helicopters and plans. They're spending millions of $$. Big name anchor reporters have to be there LIVE at the scene. Generators are running to provide power for lights and transmission equipment. Local officials are being moved from one camera and microphone to another like sports celebrities.
When you switch TV channels, it seems like there is contest in who can show the most devastating pictures or saddest interviews. The really sad pictures are being shown again and again even days after being taken. Often it's almost impossible to grasp what the situation is at that time of that report.
The comment has been made several times that there are more media people there than disaster help. And for every on-camera reporter, there are many back-up people.
When you switch TV channels, it seems like there is contest in who can show the most devastating pictures or saddest interviews. The really sad pictures are being shown again and again even days after being taken. Often it's almost impossible to grasp what the situation is at that time of that report.
The comment has been made several times that there are more media people there than disaster help. And for every on-camera reporter, there are many back-up people.
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From: SW Arizona
"Hiroshima"? There are far better comparisons to make than that.
Sheesh, anyone remember the devastation from Andrew? Or Iniki on the island of Kauai? Both hit opposites sides of the US a month apart in 1992.
I was affected by those two with having great aunts being in those areas. My maternal great aunt was living in Key Largo with her daughter at the time. As Andrew looked like it was going to hit the Keys, they went to stay with some friends on the mainland....at Homestead. Their friends place was concrete block and the house pretty much survived....but the neighborhood didnt.
Iniki swept through Kauai and then reversed itself and went back over again. My father's aunt had been living in Kauai for many years and sent me a tape made by a local DJ of this event. Horrendous damage and stuff you did not see on the usual media. However her place survived it as it was built in the early 40s and was sturdy...and on a hilltop to boot. She opened all the doors and windows to equalize the air pressure.
Camilla was horrible but who has memories of that one from 69?
Of course there was last year.
Sheesh, anyone remember the devastation from Andrew? Or Iniki on the island of Kauai? Both hit opposites sides of the US a month apart in 1992.
I was affected by those two with having great aunts being in those areas. My maternal great aunt was living in Key Largo with her daughter at the time. As Andrew looked like it was going to hit the Keys, they went to stay with some friends on the mainland....at Homestead. Their friends place was concrete block and the house pretty much survived....but the neighborhood didnt.
Iniki swept through Kauai and then reversed itself and went back over again. My father's aunt had been living in Kauai for many years and sent me a tape made by a local DJ of this event. Horrendous damage and stuff you did not see on the usual media. However her place survived it as it was built in the early 40s and was sturdy...and on a hilltop to boot. She opened all the doors and windows to equalize the air pressure.
Camilla was horrible but who has memories of that one from 69?
Of course there was last year.
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From: Pend Oreille County, WA
Originally Posted by ag-ford-4x4
However, without katrina, i suppose they have to focus on how some terrible American soldier fragged a poor poor unarmed terrorist.......or something equally "non news-worthy".
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From: Portsmouth, VA
Originally Posted by kwob
ag-ford-4x4, are you saying that Katrina is "non news-worthy"? Thousands of people have most likely died, millions are homeless and unemployed, a major American city has been nearly destroyed, and that's "non news-worthy" ? Like it or now it's going to effect all of us in one way or another.
At the same time, that's the media's choice and it's a free press. So if you get sick of hearing about it just change the channel.
- Chris
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From: Caracas, Venezuela
Originally Posted by Tomcat7742
I'm not trying to get political here but but give me a break it's not like the guy was ignoring the situation. He can't win for losing when it comes to these disasters. This year he's being blamed for just sitting on vacation while the country has a disaster. Last year, he runs down to Florida to talk to the people and help out and is accused of pandering to the cameras. It's a catch 22 and I don't blame the guy for taking a vacation. If I had that much on my plate, I'd defenitly be going somewhere that I could think more clearly. Also, don't forget, it's not like when we take a vacation. He doesn't just drop all of his responsibilities and jobs. He's still working and there is nothing he can do in Washington that he can't do in Crawford.
Oh and not to be mean to those people but they were told to get out. I feel sorry that they are stuck there but come on, how many times did they tell these people how bad it would be. I don't know how many times they said on tv "if you need a ride, tell us we are running buses to evacuate people." All they had to do was call the New Orleans Police Department or New Orleans Fire & Rescue and let them know. No these people chose to ride it out and they are having to lay in the bed that they made for themselves.
You are going to use this some how to sit and bash the President of the United States for flying overhead? Have you also considered the fact that there are no airports near by that he could have landed at. The closest he could have probably landed would have probably been either Atlanta or Houston. Air Force One is a very large aircraft and it takes a very large runway and airport to take it in. You notice that the military is not sending in large cargo aircraft filled with supplies. No the only method right now of doing anything is by helocopter.
God bless the man, he couldn't catch a break if he saved a baby from a burning building.
- Chris
Oh and not to be mean to those people but they were told to get out. I feel sorry that they are stuck there but come on, how many times did they tell these people how bad it would be. I don't know how many times they said on tv "if you need a ride, tell us we are running buses to evacuate people." All they had to do was call the New Orleans Police Department or New Orleans Fire & Rescue and let them know. No these people chose to ride it out and they are having to lay in the bed that they made for themselves.
You are going to use this some how to sit and bash the President of the United States for flying overhead? Have you also considered the fact that there are no airports near by that he could have landed at. The closest he could have probably landed would have probably been either Atlanta or Houston. Air Force One is a very large aircraft and it takes a very large runway and airport to take it in. You notice that the military is not sending in large cargo aircraft filled with supplies. No the only method right now of doing anything is by helocopter.
God bless the man, he couldn't catch a break if he saved a baby from a burning building.
- Chris
- Many Army personal and material that could be helping in New Orleans is instead in Irak because of his decision.
- He´s an all-out suporter of the generation of energy by dirty means, like coal and petroleum(wich polutes helps the world´s temperature increase wich also helps the development of such disasters as Katrina).
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Just curious if you are one of the people who said "Hell Yeah, let's go kill that SOB" when the armed forces got sent to the mid east after 9/11? and now maybe you're jumping the bandwagon of Bushbashers?
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This will debunk the myth that global warming is causing hurricanes.
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.as...20040915c.html
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.as...20040915c.html
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From: Caracas, Venezuela
Originally Posted by Smaug
Just curious if you are one of the people who said "Hell Yeah, let's go kill that SOB" when the armed forces got sent to the mid east after 9/11? and now maybe you're jumping the bandwagon of Bushbashers?
P.S.:- Lets stay on topic, the coverage by the media here has been far more balanced as they showed lended CNN info and images but only the most important news (here in Venezuela).
- I hope whoever needs more help gets it in this dire situation
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This is suppose to be a thread on the media and the Katrina tragedy.
It seems that most of us think that they're doing a so-so to poor job.
This global warming topic has nothing to do with the media, and is very debatable on weather it did or didn't cause this hurricane.
Just my two-one-hundreths of a dollar worth.
It seems that most of us think that they're doing a so-so to poor job.
This global warming topic has nothing to do with the media, and is very debatable on weather it did or didn't cause this hurricane.
Just my two-one-hundreths of a dollar worth.
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Of the media interviewing people who have not been given food or water since the hurricane, how many of the media mentioned how much food or water they personnally provided the interviewees (not that helping people is the media's job, but if they have a vehicle to drive, why not also carry some stuff to hand out) ?