Comments on: Rewarding mass murderers? http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2007/04/10394/ Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:29:57 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Matt W http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2007/04/10394/comment-page-1/#comment-384412 Matt W Mon, 23 Apr 2007 17:30:36 +0000 http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2007/04/10394/#comment-384412 You are exactly right Dan.......the media gets the watching public in an emotional frenzy over these type of situations all the time. What happened to just being able to let those that need to grieve do so, and everyone else feels sympathy for those involved? All of the different media outlets go at it tooth and nail trying to one up the competitors with some "breaking developments" in this or that. It's like watching CSI, but with worse acting. As far as media showboating or whatever you call it goes.......I've had a lifelong passion for all things involving motorsports, primarily stock-cars, but when I turned on the TV to watch the Saturday night NASCAR race, I was appalled to see VT logos everywhere. The way I felt about that is this: Does anyone that lost a relative or friend in the VT shootings really care if a racecar is emblazoned with VT logos? Or if every driver has a VT patch on their suit? Probably not, which furthers what Dan said in that the media beats this stuff into the ground almost as if to keep us scared of the "the big bad world". You are exactly right Dan…….the media gets the watching public in an emotional frenzy over these type of situations all the time. What happened to just being able to let those that need to grieve do so, and everyone else feels sympathy for those involved? All of the different media outlets go at it tooth and nail trying to one up the competitors with some “breaking developments” in this or that. It’s like watching CSI, but with worse acting. As far as media showboating or whatever you call it goes…….I’ve had a lifelong passion for all things involving motorsports, primarily stock-cars, but when I turned on the TV to watch the Saturday night NASCAR race, I was appalled to see VT logos everywhere. The way I felt about that is this: Does anyone that lost a relative or friend in the VT shootings really care if a racecar is emblazoned with VT logos? Or if every driver has a VT patch on their suit? Probably not, which furthers what Dan said in that the media beats this stuff into the ground almost as if to keep us scared of the “the big bad world”.

]]> By: Dan http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2007/04/10394/comment-page-1/#comment-384403 Dan Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:26:42 +0000 http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2007/04/10394/#comment-384403 The purpose of "mass media" is to keep the public afraid and worried about how "bad it is out there" in the world - it's how one controls a population. They do a GREAT job! The purpose of “mass media” is to keep the public afraid and worried about how “bad it is out there” in the world – it’s how one controls a population.

They do a GREAT job!

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