Mood:
irritatedNow Playing: 'Dirty Laundry' by Don Henley
Topic: Entertaining Insights
I think it's safe to say that the state of journalism, in general, and especially cable TV, is in a sorry state...
I know that sex and death sell (in that order) and that it may very well be that we all want to be shocked and entertained rather than informed, but honestly, the media could try to at least SLOW their inevitable decline into cartoonish purveyors of sensationalism and 24/7 'misery-TV'.
Trash-TV purveyors masquerading as journalists (two names that come to mind are 'Greta' and 'Nancy'...) are a dime a dozen, but I'm dismayed by the sheer volume of sensationalism out there.
Don't take that 'Running Man' reference too harshy... most TV personalities do not actually kill their interviewees (and I do say MOST...)
Journalism could indeed be worse, but it's pretty bad all the same...
Just one example:
"Muddy river of Death"?
My heart goes out to the victims of this tragedy in Minnesota, especially since they're now the 'cause du sloth' of the journalism community: a story that takes A COUPLE HOURS of genuine air-time (a report on casualties and causes, followed by an investigation into responsibility) will be beaten like a dead horse, nonstop, until someone either goes missing or some celebrity suffers a 'mishap'.
The media have little respect for the dead: they'd as soon cram a camera into your coffin if they could get the 'final thoughts' on your situation (but emotional TV sells, so you'd need to be very (re)animated to make the air...)
that's just a little gallows humor...
never mind.
Incidentally (and somewhat unrelatedly), another thing the media seems to adore is a good catfight. I've never been into those, honestly...
well, I've got exceptions:
