Pope John Paul II

ecchi · 2005-02-15, 12:32 PM

That is sadly the way of the world. People love disaster and bad things (provided that they happen to other people). Look at "reality TV" how often do you see a program where they don't make the contestants suffer in some way or another ?

In news publishing a story about a school building collapsing and killing hundreds of kids will get headline news, but if instead the school had got record levels of exam passes, the story would have been a small article buried inside the paper (in the unlikely event that anyone published it in the first place). This is because papers are primarily there to sell, and they know people buy disaster not good news.

Want more proof ? Before Christmas when was the last time you saw a headline about something good happening in Asia ?
But look at the way the press gleefully covered the tsunami, gloating over the death toll, missing, injured, etc. To the media the tsunami was a late Christmas present, good copy, easy copy, and a great seller.

Face it, people are just "bastards" and the media caters for people.

As someone once said "The more people I meet, the more I like dogs."

2005-02-15, 12:32 PM	#15
ecchi Banned Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: About to be evicted!!!! Posts: 4,082	That is sadly the way of the world. People love disaster and bad things (provided that they happen to other people). Look at "reality TV" how often do you see a program where they don't make the contestants suffer in some way or another ? In news publishing a story about a school building collapsing and killing hundreds of kids will get headline news, but if instead the school had got record levels of exam passes, the story would have been a small article buried inside the paper (in the unlikely event that anyone published it in the first place). This is because papers are primarily there to sell, and they know people buy disaster not good news. Want more proof ? Before Christmas when was the last time you saw a headline about something good happening in Asia ? But look at the way the press gleefully covered the tsunami, gloating over the death toll, missing, injured, etc. To the media the tsunami was a late Christmas present, good copy, easy copy, and a great seller. Face it, people are just "bastards" and the media caters for people. As someone once said "The more people I meet, the more I like dogs."