No Ice In Poland (Part 2)
Today's headline, "Atom-smasher Inspires Fear." I envision giant ants or grasshoppers invading our city streets as innocent onlookers cringe in fear at the destruction caused by these mutated insects. What is it with our media? Where is the news? If a levy is not letting go in Missouri or an election in Africa is not causing riots and mass killings, they start speculating on news. Isn't there a better topic than world destruction to speculate on? I can think of numerous topics that would provide greater conversation and less panic.
Instead we get speculation that this giant atom smasher would create a black hole that will suck all of us in or release some new and yet unknown particle that will turn Earth into an unlivable piece of rock. Yea, that makes me feel warm and fuzzy. Of course, that is how scientists felt when the atomic bomb being built. It was going to cause a chain reaction that would engulf the world. We know how that story ended. We won the war and stopped an invasion of Japan that would have amounted to a total bloodbath for both sides, not to mention that eradication of centuries of art and culture.
The media is always reaching for the negative side of any story. There is never a positive spin on an article unless the name Obama is in it. Any one that call the media unbiased has either prescription rose colored glasses or knows their pharmacist by name. Every once in a while, we will get an article about a local hero or some warm and fuzzy piece about something that has changed peoples lives but who wants to read a story that makes them feel good. We need to worry more and feel that there is no point in living. After all, isn't that what news is all about.
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Cobb
Instead we get speculation that this giant atom smasher would create a black hole that will suck all of us in or release some new and yet unknown particle that will turn Earth into an unlivable piece of rock. Yea, that makes me feel warm and fuzzy. Of course, that is how scientists felt when the atomic bomb being built. It was going to cause a chain reaction that would engulf the world. We know how that story ended. We won the war and stopped an invasion of Japan that would have amounted to a total bloodbath for both sides, not to mention that eradication of centuries of art and culture.
The media is always reaching for the negative side of any story. There is never a positive spin on an article unless the name Obama is in it. Any one that call the media unbiased has either prescription rose colored glasses or knows their pharmacist by name. Every once in a while, we will get an article about a local hero or some warm and fuzzy piece about something that has changed peoples lives but who wants to read a story that makes them feel good. We need to worry more and feel that there is no point in living. After all, isn't that what news is all about.
Icool
Cobb
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