The corruption of ‘Television Media’

So here we are once again. Another massive global disaster, another example of the parasitic nature of the so called ‘News’ (I doubt the term applies to them) media is shown. Strip something of all of its ‘value’ and move on to the next quick buck. It is absolutely appalling, and it is reasons such as this that I never bother to watch news programs on television anymore. (The internet is definitely a more reliable source, due to the fact it allows cross-referencing and comparative analysis)

Let me rewind for a moment, some people may be questioning just what the hell I am talking about. Well, as everyone surely knows by now, there have been numerous natural disasters and groundbreaking events in the world of recent. Specifically; Queensland, Australia has suffered through a massive period of flooding (and there has been a loss of lives, homes, businesses and lifestyles), Christchurch in New Zealand was hit with a large earthquake that has killed many and destroyed much of the city and surrounds, and of course the nation of Japan has endured one of the worst natural disasters in its recorded history. Many lives have been ruined or lost entirely by the earthquake AND tsunami that occurred, and now there is an even greater risk to life with the quake and tsunami causing unstable nuclear reactors.

If this all wasn’t enough, there has been mass political and social revolution occurring in Egypt and Libya, the economic climate is changing with all the issues with Japan and there are also new reports of a possible earthquake that may hit New Zealand again sometime in the near future. It is a really troubling time that we are experiencing at the moment. However, there is something that is bothering me as well as the current situation. That brings me to the topic of this blog.

The whole time these events have been occurring, the news has done nothing but mass advertise and sell the events to make as much of a profit as possible. Now, of course it is a good thing that they are actually presenting news for once instead of asking which celebrities’ tits are bigger (although this change hasn’t lasted long), but the way that they are going about it is completely fucked up. Each time a new event has occurred, the media has COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN about the last event that occurred, instead changing all direction to the new event and leaving others whose lives have been ruined without a voice to cry for aid with. The moment the New Zealand quake hit, good bye Queensland. Japan tsunami hits, goodbye Kiwis.

This leeching off events put me off the news even more for a bit, but I decided to check back recently to see if they could redeem themselves and cover all of those events, but then I saw a news presentation on Rebecca ‘Fucking Friday’ Black. Oh so wait, thousands of deaths and major threats to many more lives are less important than a 13 year old girl discovering autotune and reading a calendar for the first time. I’m completely disgusted.

Where did it all go wrong??