What makes the news?
Saturday, March 3rd, 2007"Good morning. On Ten news today ; 8 people, die in a landmine explosion in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh when a truck they were on drove over a landmine ; In Indonesia, at least 17 people have been killed, and dozens more remain missing when a landslide hit an area in the Indonesian island of Flores ; In Somalia, six separate explosions have been reported in the capital Mogadishu, seriously injuring at least 6 civilians, including 2 children ; and in Iraq, a car bomb has killed an estimated 10 people when it exploded in a commercial district in Baghdad".
"But first, in breaking news, pop-icon Britney Spears is reported to have shaved off all her hair. We have exclusive footage of Britney walking into a tattoo parlour, and exiting with a newly shaved bald head. Inside sources say that Britney is close to emotional breakdown, after the failure of her marriage with Kevin Federline… In a further bizarre Hollywood story, a video of Anna Nicole Smith has emerged showing her to be seemingly to be under the influece of alcohol or drugs…"
When I heard this, I was shocked, flabbergasted. No, not at the fact that Britney has shaved her head, but the fact that these are the stories that make headline news. What the fuck. People need to get a bit of perspective these days. As the forces of supply and demand have dictated, it is essentially us who chooses what news to watch, and what news tends to go on air. We need to take a hard look at ourselves. In an era where there is still so much (preventable!) dying going on, why do we still put so much weight to bullshit such as the academy awards (which was big news for days and days)?
Utterly disgusting.
Oh, and by the way, all my news stories from above are true. How many of them did YOU know about?
