Does it seem at times as if the killer in a national tragedy gets far more attention than the victims? Does it seem at times, that the television is just screaming at you, telling you that if only you would go and do something really interesting with a major weapon, you too could be famous?

There are definitely more ethical ways to cover these unfortunate events. I would discuss them but it would interest you only a little and have no effect whatever on the media which is reaping billions of dollars of profit from their, “If It Bleeds It Leads,” philosophy.

There are people like me who are fed up and here is one of them –

I am delighted to quote Jacob Sandry from his blog, Jacob Sandry’s Gap Year Blog –

I hate the news media. HATE. The other night I was with some friends and CNN was on. Literally for an hour straight (and based on my extrapolations it was probably more while we weren’t watching) there was 5 minutes of information and pictures about Jared Loughner repetitively displayed on the screen. This disgusted me. SOMEONE WHO COMMITS A HORRIBLE ATROCITY DOES NOT DESERVE IMMENSE MEDIA COVERAGE EVEN IF IT IS FOR BEING EVIL. If anything, that media coverage should be devoted to the victims and their families. AND the heroic people who tackled Loughner and prevented him from doing any more harm. (I’m not naïve enough to not realize that CNN and all other major news networks are profit driven and shock news is more viscerally gripping than a memorial. And this is why I hate news media) Also, the Loughner family is probably facing as much pain and hardship as any family can possibly face right now, and it is incredibly crass of the media to be incessantly surrounding their house and trying to get interviews. That’s terrible, let them be.

(This is a good blog. He likes to write and you can tell he writes as his thought roll through his mind. It gives the writing a continuous motion that makes the reader feel that he and the author are sharing the same thoughts simultaneously.

Now, beware while Mr. Sandry can be funny, he chooses serious topics more than a little often.

For a visit, go here.)

James Pilant