News that makes you say WTF! (44 Viewers)

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[Jem83]

I completely sympathize with where you're coming from, Curr. I used to think more of your way. But you're also acting a bit naive about what defines "news".

Body counts aren't the only way to measure a tragedy (I give enough crap to people who use body counts as a dick-measuring stick to "brag" about whether their genocide was worse). And body counts are not entirely a way to measure news either.

"News" is just that -- the "new" part. Unfortunately we don't hear about 15 people getting blown up in Iraq because it's such a routine occurrence that it technically does not fall high on the "news" category. People getting blown up at an internationally-renowned sporting event is.

To put this another way, if Saddam Hussein executed 15 of his citizens, that would not be news. But if George W Bush executed just one U.S. citizen, hell yeah that would be a much bigger news story. It's not a judgement of whether those 15 were "worth less" than the one American.

 

[The Curr]

I completely sympathize with where you're coming from, Curr. I used to think more of your way. But you're also acting a bit naive about what defines "news".

Body counts aren't the only way to measure a tragedy (I give enough crap to people who use body counts as a dick-measuring stick to "brag" about whether their genocide was worse). And body counts are not entirely a way to measure news either.

"News" is just that -- the "new" part. Unfortunately we don't hear about 15 people getting blown up in Iraq because it's such a routine occurrence that it technically does not fall high on the "news" category. People getting blown up at an internationally-renowned sporting event is.

To put this another way, if Saddam Hussein executed 15 of his citizens, that would not be news. But if George W Bush executed just one U.S. citizen, hell yeah that would be a much bigger news story. It's not a judgement of whether those 15 were "worth less" than the one American.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not in the least bit surprised by the way this is being treated by the media. I realise that westerners getting blown up is much more newsworthy. It's the way the media handle it that annoys me. It's the Sky 24-hour news model, where every story they report has to be the biggest thing to ever happen ever. There are people making a living in "journalism" who live for days like this. There was an Irish radio station who suspended their normal programming for an hour long special that started with the presenter in his car on the way into the station on his mobile phone interviewing some guy in Boston. You could hear the excitement in his voice rising as the reports of the incident got more serious.

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

they are worth much less as a matter of fact

I don't know if you mean this actually or what.

 

[GordoDeCentral]

the suspense killing you yet?

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

Not really. Meh, don't bother. Probably won't get a clear answer anyway.

 

[Enron]

MATT JUST GOT SERVED, YO!:headspinbreakdance:

 

[ßöмßäяðîëя]

Don't get me wrong, I'm not in the least bit surprised by the way this is being treated by the media. I realise that westerners getting blown up is much more newsworthy. It's the way the media handle it that annoys me. It's the Sky 24-hour news model, where every story they report has to be the biggest thing to ever happen ever. There are people making a living in "journalism" who live for days like this. There was an Irish radio station who suspended their normal programming for an hour long special that started with the presenter in his car on the way into the station on his mobile phone interviewing some guy in Boston. You could hear the excitement in his voice rising as the reports of the incident got more serious.

If it bleeds, it leads....

 

[swag]

Don't get me wrong, I'm not in the least bit surprised by the way this is being treated by the media. I realise that westerners getting blown up is much more newsworthy. It's the way the media handle it that annoys me. It's the Sky 24-hour news model, where every story they report has to be the biggest thing to ever happen ever. There are people making a living in "journalism" who live for days like this. There was an Irish radio station who suspended their normal programming for an hour long special that started with the presenter in his car on the way into the station on his mobile phone interviewing some guy in Boston. You could hear the excitement in his voice rising as the reports of the incident got more serious.

You know where the phrase "Man Bites Dog" comes from? (It's not the Belgian movie.) It's that "dog bites man" is not news, but the reverse is.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_bites_dog_(journalism)

Clearly you get that. But news people are in the business of getting attention. It's easier to get attention with something you can say is highly unusual. Still sucks to experience that crap when the guys with mics have a feeding frenzy over it.

 

[ALC]

In certain places, man bites dog isn't really anything out of the ordinary tho.

 

[Juventino[RUS]]

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Islam

 

[ZoSo]

Don't get me wrong, I'm not in the least bit surprised by the way this is being treated by the media. I realise that westerners getting blown up is much more newsworthy. It's the way the media handle it that annoys me. It's the Sky 24-hour news model, where every story they report has to be the biggest thing to ever happen ever. There are people making a living in "journalism" who live for days like this. There was an Irish radio station who suspended their normal programming for an hour long special that started with the presenter in his car on the way into the station on his mobile phone interviewing some guy in Boston. You could hear the excitement in his voice rising as the reports of the incident got more serious.

This. They make it seem like the whole of America has blown up.. when it happens every day in other parts of the world. It's just another part of sad propaganda for the pitiful close minded people who live vicariously through it thinking 'oh wow, I can relate to this'.

 

[Tommy]

One day, puppies will rule the earth!

Sorry Jem, kittens will. Puppies will work for kittens, they will never be the ruling class.

 

[Tommy]

 

[ZoSo]

In the news
-Five UN peacekeepers and seven civilian staff members are killed by rebels in Jonglei, South Sudan.
-At least 37 people are killed and 850 are injured when a 6.3-magnitude earthquake strikes the Iranian province of Bushehr.
-A gunman kills 13 people in a spree shooting in the village of Velika Ivanča, Serbia.
-Dozens of attacks across Iraq, including a brazen car bombing on the way to Baghdad airport, have killed 50 people.
-Two explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon kill at least three people and injure more than 140 others.


3 americans were killed white americans aren't supposed to die

 

[Juventino[RUS]]

At first, RIP to all innocent victims all across the world
At second, even if it's sounds ugly, but i agree with the sarcasm about the media and the news from Boston, American troops killed/are killing hundred and thousands of civil people in all of the world and no one cries...

 

[Enron]

In the news
-Five UN peacekeepers and seven civilian staff members are killed by rebels in Jonglei, South Sudan.
-At least 37 people are killed and 850 are injured when a 6.3-magnitude earthquake strikes the Iranian province of Bushehr.
-A gunman kills 13 people in a spree shooting in the village of Velika Ivanča, Serbia.
-Dozens of attacks across Iraq, including a brazen car bombing on the way to Baghdad airport, have killed 50 people.
-Two explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon kill at least three people and injure more than 140 others.


3 americans were killed white americans aren't supposed to die

None of that is really anything to get worked up about. Don't really get my attention until the death toll gets into the tens of thousands.

 

[ALC]

http://wadiyan.com/2013/03/08/islamic-city-council-bans-female-flatulence-in-indonesia/
Islam

 

[ZoSo]

None of that is really anything to get worked up about. Don't really get my attention until the death toll gets into the tens of thousands.

Who said it is?

Just shows how retarded everything is, when 3 americans die and the whole world starts crying and feeling sorry.

 

[Enron]

Who said it is?

Just shows how retarded everything is, when 3 americans die and the whole world starts crying and feeling sorry.

The whole world is crying? Sounds made up.