The Blame Game
I have nothing interesting to say about the John Mark Karr frenzy, and less interest in actually saying, or listening to anything more about it.
However, Kevin Drum has a post worth taking a look at as we are tempted to blame the media for subjecting us to this story for the past week.
Keeping a mirror handy is always a good rule of thumb when playing the blame game.
However, Kevin Drum has a post worth taking a look at as we are tempted to blame the media for subjecting us to this story for the past week.
Keeping a mirror handy is always a good rule of thumb when playing the blame game.
posted by Patrick at 10:45 AM
2 Comments:
It was sick when the media latched onto this story 10 years ago and it is sick now.
What makes one murder of a child more or less important than another?
The shock factory has become so appealing that people care more about the rape and murder of a 6 year old than issues that have actual bearing on everyday life.
Mass media will destory this nation.
I don't think that a mirror is going to show me anything revelatory in this particular case. I'm NOT interested in seeing scandals or unsavory stories or missing-white-girl-of-the-week posters on the news...and it seems that you aren't interested in it either.
So who's watching this? Who's actually going to defect from a news channel if it's not being covered? And what can we do to make these people see how much actual news these sorts of things manage to displace?
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