Medias only show us what they think interests us. There’s a lot of money involved in that d’uh Emilia!
I can understand that a gossip magazine would do that. Latest stories about stars, fashion, newest gadgets on the market, etc, etc.
But how about “serious” information? It seems they give information a scale of importance depending on what’s “HOT” currently.
The other day (a week ago I think) I bought a French newspaper, cant recall which one though, and on a page of miscellaneous facts that happened around the world there were four lines on a ship that sank in Ghana (Africa) killing 120 people. I was surprised that it wasn’t developed further. Not that I REALLY want to know how it happened. But it seemed quite a dramatic event. Something a journalist would want to investigate. It wasn’t mentioned in the news at night. Nor the next day. And I bet it wasn’t shown on any European channel.
And then this morning I heard of a supposedly lost at sea French yatch in the news. I’m not saying it’s bad that they showed that in the news. I’m saying why would they choose one information over another?
Africa doesn’t interest us anymore? Why should the media decide that?
They kept showing dramatic images of the Tsunami and with the earthquake in Afghanistan it wasn’t as shocking so we didn’t hear as much about it. So is that how it works? If there aren’t breath taking pictures it’s not interesting?
On the damages caused by Katrina in The United States they kept showing images of the devastated areas and kept criticizing the American government for the lack of organisation in the rescue. It’s not uninteresting, of course we want to know such things.
But why should an information prevail on another? Why did they show the lost yatch on tv last night and mentionned nothing about 120 lost lives in Africa? Is death just a boring topic when it happens in Africa? I guess yeah.
