There’s Something Wrong with Our Media
Source: CNN.com, 17 November 2009
I’m just sayin’.
I know previous rants about our obsession with child kidnappings and the weird things people say as a result have been met with mixed reviews. But the fact is that our culture is far too smitten with child kidnappings and murders. And I blame the media.
It’s not 100% the media’s fault, of course. They just put the information out there and the idiot Americans consume the information. At the same time, if the media could put the experience of taking crack cocaine into equally addictive words, shouldn’t they somehow be held liable for the resulting consequences?
We have found the lowest common denominator. It’s news stories about child kidnappings and murders. These things, while tragic and terrible, are not news. Even less are they news because the very few wealthy attractive kids are the only ones you hear about.
Do your part by never speaking of them again, never clicking on another piece about them. Well, y’know, after this article.