Things I'm tired of
Continuing Pope coverage
Continuing coverage of the royals
NCAA tournaments coaches wives. After every made basket we get a wife reaction shot WTF?
Cell phones and the service providers who sell them
Fashion Mags predicting the next big thing in music
My own self absorbed blog
What's bugging you?
Continuing coverage of the royals
NCAA tournaments coaches wives. After every made basket we get a wife reaction shot WTF?
Cell phones and the service providers who sell them
Fashion Mags predicting the next big thing in music
My own self absorbed blog
What's bugging you?
posted by Robert_M at 10:17 AM
3 Comments:
The lama would tell you that these things, and Flanders, are opportunities to practice patience and tolerance, and that you should be grateful.
them's fightin' words!
I realize that the death of a nationally recognized figure is a time for tribute. But I'm a little perplexed at the national media's desire to press the gas pedal to the floor on two recent notable deaths.
1. The Pope: Most visible Pope in years who traveled all over the world; got shot at; survived; served as an inspiration for millions; and brought millions more into the Catholic Church. There's some bad stuff too --- priest sex scandal he wouldn't address and his out-of-touch social conservatism, but now's not the time.
2. Ronald Reagan: His public persona was huge; advanced the Republican Party like few other presidents have; deregulated a lot of stuff; got shot at; survived; and was genuinely a loved politician. There's some bad stuff --- Iran Contra and his out-of-date social conservatism, but now's not the time.
National media: "The Pope stopped the advance of communism."
National media: "Ronald Reagan stopped the advance of communism."
Well, which guy really did that? Or maybe, it was neither. Could it be that communism collapsed in Europe because of it's inherently unsound financial theories which starved it's own constituency. Also, it wasn't real popular after a few decades of application.
I hope the media continues to honor fallen luminaries with proper respect. But the outright hero worship, which is created by the media's need to find some story that demands "continuing coverage" that's largely based on a person's celebrity is rather disturbing. That practice leads to distortion of the facts, it's a little obscene, and it's really not journalism.
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