At least we’re consistent. I thought the same thing during that whole Natalee Holloway ordeal, and it’s every so clear again. Via Jeff Jarvis’ blog, I found this great article on the media coverage of the Anna Nicole Smith death versus coverage of Iraq.
The numbers are quite staggering: On CNN there were 141 references to Anna Nicole and 27 to Iraq. FOX NEWS weighed in at 112 to 33. And MSNBC took the cake with 170 to 24, respectively. This is insane. So we’re in a bloody, complicated war that is costing billions and has a very uncertain future and what is all over the news? Anna Nicole. Oh and I hear that things might be getting kind of testy with this country called Iran? It’s probably just a rumor since I haven’t seen a lot about it on the news lately.
But in all seriousness, this raises the real question: is this is the fault of the main stream media (MSM) or is it our fault? They give us what we want to watch, right? So if we really wanted to know what was happening in Iraq/Iran, etc and watched whatever network gave us that– soon they’d all do that right? And I’m sure the ratings have been great during the Anna Nicole coverage. So I’d like to blame the pathetic MSM, but really, don’t they just give us what we want? And so it is really the pathetic us?
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Ruth
February 10th, 2007 at 1:09 pm
1It would be nice if they actually did respond directly to viewer tastes, but I fear that recently advertising influence seems more prevalent. ABC showed the untrue mock documentary about 9/11 putting blame on the Clinton administration although public opinion was in an uproar very much against it.
Last night, NBC interviewed soldiers in Iraq who expressed extreme distrust of the reason they are given by the administration for being in that war. Just last week, ABC News gave interviews with soldiers in Iraq who to a person expressed confidence in the administration. I fear the biases are pretty obvious.
Vin Caché
February 10th, 2007 at 8:33 pm
2What an upside down world we live in.
yugan
February 13th, 2007 at 5:08 pm
3“It’s probably just a rumor since I haven’t seen a lot about it on the news lately.”
dude,
don’t you watch FOX Noice Channel? you could see Iran every hour of the day.
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