Posted on 01/04/2005 12:53:39 PM PST by Williams
Am I the only one sick of the tsunami coverage? Maybe it's the obvious fact the media has no other big story it wants to cover. Maybe the idiotic anti-Bush angle they have developed. But I think it's just the plain old fact the disaster coverage has reached the point where it is out of proportion to the disaster itself.
Of course the tsunami was a terrible event and there needs to be a major relief effort. But I started getting annoyed when they called it the worst natural disaster in history. I knew I'd lived during 200 or 300,000 deaths at a time caused by cyclones in Pakistan/Bangladesh/India in the 70's.
The disaster is an important one but it's spread out over many countries. And I am highly suspicious that many of these corrupt governments began upping the casualty figures, knowing it would mean more share of the aid pie. Not that I want to become a tsunami denier, but it just seems like another example of the media's chicken little approach to the World.
Conservative commentators have noted that tragedies like Darfur and Rwanda killed more people but didn't get the coverage. But ecven without the political overtones, the coverage of this thing is disturbingly reminiscent of Scot Peterson/Princess Diana/ etal.
I think it reached it's height with Diane Sawyer yelling at Colin Powell this morning and insisting that Japan is giving more, yada yada yada. The media cares about no one and we all know they will let certain groups be slaughtered while they collectively look the other way.
If it bleeds, it leads.
sorry dude, but it is a major international catastrophe which is causing a lot of life or death situations...
it is going to be the lead story for probably the rest of this month and maybe next, depending on how long the humanitarian crisis is ongoing....
At least they're not talking about Abu Ghraib Abu Ghraib Abu Ghraib Abu Ghraib Abu Ghraib Abu Ghraib Abu Ghraib Abu Ghraib Abu Ghraib Abu Ghraib Abu Ghraib Abu Ghraib Abu Ghraib Abu Ghraib Abu Ghraib Abu Ghraib Abu Ghraib Abu Ghraib Abu Ghraib Abu Ghraib Abu Ghraib Abu Ghraib Abu Ghraib Abu Ghraib Abu Ghraib Abu Ghraib Abu Ghraib Abu Ghraib Abu Ghraib Abu Ghraib quite so much.
Good point.
I don't do tv. I've only read what I've chosen to read about it off the web.
TV news sucks.
Or Scott Peterson, Scott Peterson,Scott Peterson,Scott Peterson,Scott Peterson, Kobe Bryant,Kobe Bryant,Kobe Bryant,Kobe Bryant.
NO!
Do yourself a favor and just go away.
If the death of probably over 300,000 over a period of hours isn't enough to keep your attention, try Jerry Springer...
No you are not the only. The MSM picks a story and covers it to ad nauseum.
I agree, there's getting to be a "thousands still dead" quality to the coverage.
Not until Thursday at any rate.
You'll be sick of it too when it becomes 'Blame America' all the time....
Definitely overkill. It's nice that we can be humanitarian but this mad rush to create a tsunami of cash for the victims is insulting to the soldiers who died in Iraq.
But like you said, it's out of proportion, especially when the virtually unreported systematic executions by the Muslims in Sudan exceed the tsunami deaths annually.
I knew I'd get flack for this one, but how did you now get the number up to 300,000?
I assume you include Fox in your collection of MSM outlets.
Scott Peterson's been convicted, so there's nothing else to report on. (/sarcasm)
I'm sick of the way the media covers everything
And I haven't heard Scott Peterson's name either.
lol, wait until Thursday when the Senate "crucifies" Gonzalex in his bid for new AG.
I was actually going to say they at least are leving Rumsfeld alone.....
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