TODAY IN THIS JOURNAL-DEVESTATING STORIES
Here's why we should avoid the news. Be aware of what's going on-but don't be sucked in by this garbage...I hope the people who put this up someday realize what the hell they are doing and stop exploiting people-and to you who watch these videos...stop fueling crap like this.
http://www.cnn.com/US/
I'm not sure if this link will change by the time anyone clicks it (it updates regularly), but here's what I found. Under the brief topics of headlines on the right hand side of the page there is a section that says "watch free videos." One of the two videos they have up there has a picture of a smiling child with a link underneath that says: "tortured child beaten to death." (The other video is about voodoo in New ORleans.)
Now, granted, hopefully-they are not showing anything too graphic but probably a news clip on the story. But the pull this type of set up makes me sick. In between Simpsons there are commercials on Fox (WPRI) (THE WORST NEWS STATION I HAVE COME ACROSS YET) I hope that they reporters are doing these things with the right intention, but I don't understand how they can't get upset about the way they grab ratings sometimes. I am not trying to judge thsese people individually, but the news station's presentation on a whole. Hopefully the reporters are doing good things for the community out side of the TV lens, but do they really think they are doing a good thing by reporting "news" in graphic and personal detail? I am always for more information and truth, but I do not need to know details about the child that died on 295. I don't need last detailed account of his life or see his family greiving. That is a private pain and should not be exploited. I'm for information and I think that people should be aware of the spectrum of different emotions and even suffereing human's go through, but they should not be exploited-and this is what is going on too often.
And I certainly don't want to see these things during commercials for the Simpsons. I go and sit down at night and would like to just relax and inbetween the laughs-TONGIHT AT 10, LOCAL FAMILY GREIVES THE LOSS OF THIER SON AND DOG AS THEY FALL THROUGH THE ICE AS A GROUP OF PEOPLE LOOK ON! Or something like that. and although i just made that up, I challenege you who have seen this news to deny the fact that they exploit things like this. I'm picking on this news station, but this type of behavior is everywhere (from tv to billboards).
That's today's vent about the media, but I'm sure it won't be the last.
http://www.cnn.com/US/
I'm not sure if this link will change by the time anyone clicks it (it updates regularly), but here's what I found. Under the brief topics of headlines on the right hand side of the page there is a section that says "watch free videos." One of the two videos they have up there has a picture of a smiling child with a link underneath that says: "tortured child beaten to death." (The other video is about voodoo in New ORleans.)
Now, granted, hopefully-they are not showing anything too graphic but probably a news clip on the story. But the pull this type of set up makes me sick. In between Simpsons there are commercials on Fox (WPRI) (THE WORST NEWS STATION I HAVE COME ACROSS YET) I hope that they reporters are doing these things with the right intention, but I don't understand how they can't get upset about the way they grab ratings sometimes. I am not trying to judge thsese people individually, but the news station's presentation on a whole. Hopefully the reporters are doing good things for the community out side of the TV lens, but do they really think they are doing a good thing by reporting "news" in graphic and personal detail? I am always for more information and truth, but I do not need to know details about the child that died on 295. I don't need last detailed account of his life or see his family greiving. That is a private pain and should not be exploited. I'm for information and I think that people should be aware of the spectrum of different emotions and even suffereing human's go through, but they should not be exploited-and this is what is going on too often.
And I certainly don't want to see these things during commercials for the Simpsons. I go and sit down at night and would like to just relax and inbetween the laughs-TONGIHT AT 10, LOCAL FAMILY GREIVES THE LOSS OF THIER SON AND DOG AS THEY FALL THROUGH THE ICE AS A GROUP OF PEOPLE LOOK ON! Or something like that. and although i just made that up, I challenege you who have seen this news to deny the fact that they exploit things like this. I'm picking on this news station, but this type of behavior is everywhere (from tv to billboards).
That's today's vent about the media, but I'm sure it won't be the last.