There are so many things that the major news media just forgets to follow up on, or deems unworthy of more than a fleeting mention. Yet in either case they have no difficulty in rushing news out at the initial stages of the story. It just pisses me off. I mean what happened to the days of getting the full story and reporting ALL the facts without personal or corporate prejudices.
I’ve mentioned the slipshod reporting on Wesley Snipes, and in the past the one-sided actions of the major media in reference to the Sean Bell murder, or even the rush to quiet the Michael Richards tirade of degradation. But there are so many more items, and you might want to check them out.
How about the fact that Barnes & Noble has now decided to sell the supposed-to-be renamed OJ Simpson book If I Did It. If the major media was really interested in telling a complete story, and going by the facts there might be a couple of questions that this now raises that should be asked. One question might be, if the outrage in the nation was so bad in November 2006 that HarperCollins would not release the book and fired an editor over it, why is anyone releasing it now? If the Goldman and Brown families were so angered and inflamed that a ‘fictional’ book describing the deaths of their loved ones was to be published, why are they publishing it themselves now?
If this is not about money, of which a lot of time and effort has been made to ensure that the respective family will get paid, and it was ‘criminal and insulting to the memories of the victims’ less than a year ago, what is the reason that changed the book besides the fact that OJ will not be receiving any money? Where is the outrage at this book being published that was openly expressed by all the major media networks in November and now has completely dissipated? REMEMBER, not a single word in the book has changed, just who gets paid. So is it about money, continued persecution of a man the used the legal system the way it’s been used for decades or more, or just a blatant statement about race in America?
What about the limited amount of coverage on the DVD’s and videos targeting babies to improve their minds. You might have missed the news that in fact these developmental items may actually slow brain development in babies. Perhaps as important is that these devices provide no help to children over 16 months old.
Think about that. A multi-million dollar industry that has parents spending their hard earned money in an effort to help their children get a head start, and I doubt more than 25% of the population is aware of the news. How many parents are hurting their children instead of helping them? Does this not require more media coverage? What is the difference between lead poisoning, which affects the brains of children and DVD that can have the same effect? Yet there is so little said about this news. Do you even know what else was worth more attention on the 9th or 10th on the major news media networks? The Notorious BIG got a movie deal though he is dead, and a ban on tattoos got 30 minutes of coverage. They may not sound like a lot of time, but how much time did the potential health of babies get in comparison?
Perhaps I’m overly concerned. Maybe I’m just in a bad mood. But I dislike the tendency of major news media to spend their time wasting mine with the latest Britney Spears update, and ignoring the full story on serious news. Or at least just the full story.
This is what I think, what do you think?
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