Why people dislike the press...

[Steve19]

I thought it would be nice to catch some of the insensitive things the press say...

Today, Wolf Blitzer on CNN was speaking to a reporter on the scene of the Oklahoma City tornado. The man mentioned that 3rd graders were in a school that was destroyed and lost his composure in his grief. in his anguish, you hear him say something about some kids being alive and going to help them pull live kids from the wreckage.

As the man dusappears, Blitzer responds by trying to call him back, "We need to get the story!"

Don Henley had it right... http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x33q6c_don-henley-dirty-laundry-live_news

 

[Mike80]

the channel 9 in OKC has a stream:

http://www.news9.com/Global/category.asp?C=207228&B annerId=988


They have been pretty respectful so far. The studio people have broken down a few times listening to the police scanner....

 

[jlb1705]

At one point CNN had a man on who whipped out his phone to take video of his neighbor trying to pull his son out from under his house. Who fucking does that?! Congratulations for getting on CNN and the intenet... now how do you live with yourself? If a neighbor of mine stood around gawking at me and my family, pointing his phone at me while I searched for a child I'd want to break his damn neck the first chance I got.

 

[Mike80]

At one point CNN had a man on who whipped out his phone to take video of his neighbor trying to pull his son out from under his house. Who fucking does that?! Congratulations for getting on CNN and the intenet... now how do you live with yourself? If a neighbor of mine stood around gawking at me and my family, pointing his phone at me while I searched for a child I'd want to break his damn neck the first chance I got.

Wolf Blitzer can sit on a rusty fucking bayonet

The asshole who whipped out his phone to record someone can sit on it naked.

 

[NewYorkBuck]

They (for the most part) are maggots. They run around looking for the most rotten piece of meat and then infest it.

Yes, some people will say "thats what people tune in for," but IMO it would be nice to tune in at 11 and not hear for the first ten minutes -

"Children burned in fire"
"Woman raped at gunpoint"
"Elderly man beaten"
"Single mom's house burns to the ground"

How is any of this really "newsworthy" over anything else?

At least since Obama has been in they dont release the Iraq/Afghanistan body count anymore......

In the end, this is why I now get 99% of my news from the net.

 

[jwinslow]

They (for the most part) are maggots. They run around looking for the most rotten piece of meat and then infest it.

JT's miserable quote works quite nicely for them as well. We infrequently catch the local cbus news but only for the unintentional comedy.

I think the new generation of news consumption shows that it doesn't have to bleed. That is just the easier way to generate ratings. There are many flavors of interesting, and they aren't all disgusting.

 

[Apache]

In a word....Propaganda.

Much of the press and media is more interested in their own celebrity.

Showing only their point of view and changing others point of view.

They only believe in freedom of speech if you agree with them.

It has become a whiny, childish and sensationalism based vehicle.

Even Sports radio and television shows have much to dislike.

Ok--I vented and now I feel better.

 

[BB73]

All of these things, plus if your team doesn't have more than 1 solid ball-handler ...

Speaking of which, I'll bet Wolf Blitzer is a solid ball-handler.

 

[Jagdaddy]

At least there are outfits like this: http://positivenews.org.uk/

Won't necessarily get the most important news, but you will get a bit of a vaccine aginst all of the negative shit and be reminded that people don't actually suck as much as the regular media would have us believe.