20 lipca 2001
excerpted from an email I
excerpted from an email I just sent to Sonya
I’m watching the news coverage of the HORRIBLE G-8 riots going on in Genoa right now. One protestor has been shot in the head by a riot cop, and he has died. Scenes of cars blowing up, and the cops beating beating beating people with their night sticks. It’s so scary and horrible and I can’t turn the tvs off. Then, they change over to a shot of Chandra Levy’s parents crying. Doesn’t anything good happen in the world?
Posted by freesia at 11:37
Sure, there’s good things that happen in the world, but they only televise the bad stuff (unless it’s sports). With TV, it’s all about the ratings… or as they say in the news business… sweeps.
just an example:
“In today’s news, There was a car bomb in **** that killed ** people and injured ** more. The ***** bridge has collapsed into the bay landing on the S.S. Minnow as the castaways would have finally returned home. All drowned instead. In sports, the ******** has won the world championship!!!
For the record, I have absolutely no connection with the media.
Sure, there’s good things that happen in the world, but they only televise the bad stuff (unless it’s sports). With TV, it’s all about the ratings… or as they say in the news business… sweeps.
just an example:
“In today’s news, There was a car bomb in **** that killed ** people and injured ** more. The ***** bridge has collapsed into the bay landing on the S.S. Minnow as the castaways would have finally returned home. All drowned instead. In sports, the ******** has won the world championship!!!
For the record, I have absolutely no connection with the media.