Posted by Dinah on April 6, 2003, at 16:58:19
In reply to I'm sorry Dinah Phil » Dinah, posted by gabbix2 on April 6, 2003, at 16:41:01
And I tend to agree with you about the news. I rather wish more attention were given to the lawyer. Although I suppose it isn't in his best interest to be in the news.
Isn't it odd what they focus on though? My husband often quotes the Simpsons (in our family we use popular TV quotes as a way to tell great truths in small words).
Homer was talking about a little boy who was a great hero. And Bart (?) asked why the little boy was a hero. Homer responded that he had fallen in a well, which led to the quite sensible question of why that made the boy a hero. Oh, it loses something without my husband's great impressions of cartoon characters.
But there is so much truth in that. As much as the story of a child in danger grabs our attention and no matter how much we want them saved, how many children die each year at the hands of their parents with little news mention?
And do you remember that whale story? The two pod whales were caught without exit when their area was iced in. Everyone was doing everything to try to save these whales. The news media was everywhere. Finally a Russian boat broke the ice and the whales were able to escape. The scientists decided not to tag them because the chances of their survival were not great. Yet how many endangered animals are killed each year by poachers and the destruction of the rain forest.
I think it's all just the nature of the news media beast.
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