Angry Rant #19: Keeping it Brief.

I've been watching George Negus and his "6pm Report" and I'm not shocked to find that the ratings are terrible. It's a shame that when the news actually tries to do something properly (emphasis on the 'tries') it rates poorly. It really makes you wonder why shows like the Today Show and Sunrise take on such an entertainment style to the news.

People just don't care about anything that's happening outside of their own little worlds - even in their little worlds they don't care. If something like Cyclone Yasi occurs, we get bombarded by the news for an entire week until the directors and producers decide that people don't want to hear about it anymore. Even something as devastating as that gets pushed out of the news after a while.

Wonder how long till this goes off the radar. 

Who else saw that infamous "Count down clock" on the News.com website? Media outlets weren't treating the cyclone as a serious threat, but like the next episode of Jersey fucking Shore!!!! Yasi had gotten more coverage BEFORE it had actually hit the mainland!!!

And then when something that is generally important to hear about, like these "Riots" in Egypt, occurs, the media never report on the the reasons WHY the people are protesting, it's always the violence. They tend to leave out the fact that the "riots" where actually started by a bunch peaceful protesters who were just making a statement, but Channel 9 would rather report on the dangers of their own idiotic Journalists stuck in hotel because there had been threats against them.

It's like watching this but with Peter Overton. 

Drama and entertainment rule the news, but when people try to do the right thing, they're ignored by the masses.

Kind of a bit depressing.

Don't believe the Lies and Spin