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I have been thinking alot lately that there is a huge amount of violence in todays media. Back in the day :p it would take days or even months to hear about a death or a war but now it smacks you in the face every day. The rates of suicides and violent acts are going up and i dont think it is just a coinkydink. I am a firm believer in free speech but i think our media has turned into a bunch of predators looking for the next story a all costs. They really dont care about PEOPLE they just want their STORIES.

What do you think? Is our media going overboard?

*Yes i know i spelled going wrong on the poll*

The news media emphasises the stories that people want to see. If you don't like all the violence in the news then blame the violence-loving citizens who do.

I have been thinking alot lately that there is a huge amount of violence in todays media. Back in the day :p it would take days or even months to hear about a death or a war but now it smacks you in the face every day. The rates of suicides and violent acts are going up and i dont think it is just a coinkydink. I am a firm believer in free speech but i think our media has turned into a bunch of predators looking for the next story a all costs. They really dont care about PEOPLE they just want their STORIES.

What do you think? Is our media going overboard?

*Yes i know i spelled going wrong on the poll*

Going? Gone. Long gone. But they are a business. Their business i to make money and we're the source of it. So really, it's nobody's fault but ours for buying their crap.

The news media emphasises the stories that people want to see. If you don't like all the violence in the news then blame the violence-loving citizens who do.

Going? Gone. Long gone. But they are a business. Their business i to make money and we're the source of it. So really, it's nobody's fault but ours for buying their crap.

Took the words right out of my mouth.

So really, it's nobody's fault but ours for buying their crap.Agreed. I think that certain rags (UK readers - think Daily Mail) can really be malicious scaremongers at times, but if people buy it, then they are naturally going to print more of the same kind of thing.

The news media emphasises the stories that people want to see. If you don't like all the violence in the news then blame the violence-loving citizens who do.

That is almost like saying blame the victim for doing something to make the murderer muder them.

I agree that many citizens are violence loving but alot arent. We should keep the media in check is all im saying because now they just pry and go to extremes. Anyone seen "Paparatzi"?

Took the words right out of my mouth.

Well, they were just sitting there unclaimed so I helped myself. :)

P.S: Brush your teeth.

;)

Perhaps we should ban the News showing anything other then the Fluffy Bunny:Field Frolicking ratio?

That is almost like saying blame the victim for doing something to make the murderer muder them.

I agree that many citizens are violence loving but alot arent. We should keep the media in check is all im saying because now they just pry and go to extremes. Anyone seen "Paparatzi"?

It's not the same thing. Victims don't go down to the local convenience store, pick out their favorite kind of murderer(I'm partial to rapist-murderers, myself) and give them some money to murder them.

Media as such cant go too far. Its wheremainstream media puts its emphasis that constitutes a problem. Thus ultimately what people want to read, hear and see. Personally i cant be bothered by a chemical factory exploding in China, but cant escape the coverage. Catastrophes sell well, even if they have no impact on the audience.

Theres a saying here in britain (which is quite nice) but I can't remember it exactly.

but basicly it says you can't bribe the british press but you don't need to they'll do what the right wants anyway.

the whole point of the media is to tell us important infomation that affects us and the world we live in, murders wars and so on are part of that.

what isn't important is who or what "famous" people are doing.

It's not the same thing. Victims don't go down to the local convenience store, pick out their favorite kind of murderer(I'm partial to rapist-murderers, myself) and give them some money to murder them.


But people , as far as i know, dont go to directly the media and say "hello i would like to buy some violence from you to effect everyone around me please."

thatll be $50.78

That is almost like saying blame the victim for doing something to make the murderer muder them.
*calls analogy police* http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/images/dilbert20060121046712.jpg

Very few people commit crimes in order to get on the news.

But people , as far as i know, dont go to directly the media and say "hello i would like to buy some violence from you to effect everyone around me please."

thatll be $50.78

No, but when they look at the news rack and see copies of, "Blood, Brains and Viscera" and "Cat Fancy", gess which one they pick?

Theres a saying here in britain (which is quite nice) but I can't remember it exactly.

but basicly it says you can't bribe the british press but you don't need to they'll do what the right wants anyway.

the whole point of the media is to tell us important infomation that affects us and the world we live in, murders wars and so on are part of that.

what isn't important is who or what "famous" people are doing.


I agree but the media takes it way to far in my opinion. Every day i hear detailed stories of people being killed and everythign of the like. If someone in kansas gets murdered it really doesnt affect me. What im also trying to bring up is the relentless pushing and questioning they give their interviewees.

No, but when they look at the news rack and see copies of, "Blood, Brains and Viscera" and "Cat Fancy", gess which one they pick?


I would leave because that news rack doesnt have much. Noone makes you buy news :p

Personally i cant be bothered by a chemical factory exploding in China, but cant escape the coverage. Catastrophes sell well, even if they have no impact on the audience.

Yep. Although, the news on TV where I live is pretty gosh darned awful. I'm lucky if anything international short of a major natural disaster gets airtime, and newspapers are only slightly better. Last night on the news one of the "big" stories was about low carb diets and how they might not be as good for you as you think. The other big story reported the fact that working part-time was likely to have an adverse effect on teenagers' grades in school. Shocker. :rolleyes:

Yep. Although, the news on TV where I live is pretty gosh darned awful. I'm lucky if anything international short of a major national disaster gets airtime, and newspapers are only slightly better. Last night on the news one of the "big" stories was about low carb diets and how they might not be as good for you as you think. The other big story reported the fact that working part-time was likely to have an adverse effect on teenagers' grades in school. Shocker. :rolleyes:

Heh well thats beter than "Today 300 people in china were ripped to shreds by a pack of angry pandas..more footage at 11."

Noone makes you buy news :p

Exactly. :)

I have been thinking alot lately that there is a huge amount of violence in todays media. Back in the day :p it would take days or even months to hear about a death or a war but now it smacks you in the face every day. The rates of suicides and violent acts are going up and i dont think it is just a coinkydink. I am a firm believer in free speech but i think our media has turned into a bunch of predators looking for the next story a all costs. They really dont care about PEOPLE they just want their STORIES.

What do you think? Is our media going overboard?

*Yes i know i spelled going wrong on the poll*

I don't know about suicides but the rate of violent act are declining dramatically in the US on the whole. Unfortunately the media is slanted toward sensationalism and social engineering in equal parts. It is very easy for them to make it appear as the most pressing issues reflect their agenda. Gone are the days of truth in journalism (if they ever existed), however what is being taught in JS schools as ethics in media are in reality the justification of unethical journalism
People must be constantly aware that Journalism is NOT a profession by any real definition of the term. They have no binding requirement to even tell the truth much, less be qualified to do their job. By way of contrast, lawyers, doctors, hookers, plumbers, carpenters and most other occupations need some sort of certification that demands a level of ability or qualification. Journalists do not.

people get off on violence. look on tv. look at all the "reality" shows. People want pain, people want to watch others suffer, thats why its on the news, it sells. If you made a "reality"show, and you put them in a giant oven, youd when an award for it.

i was actually kind of pissed that none of the networks were showing the video of the cop shooting that guy out in Cali the other week the day after it happened. Censorship is wrong.

Al-jazeera has some crazy coverage of the news in the ME - they don't cut anything *too graphic* - I want to know what the hell is going on, not some pansy tip-toe around the truth because its *too graphic*

Go farther media

No one wants to see boring news. Boring news dosn't make money. Sensationalism sells and violence and sex is sesational.