Maybe 'twas Always So, But the Media is AMOK

[garyg]

Why is a stage & TV set up for a circus in West Virginia? Maybe I have grown cynical, but the news is showing a "ceremony" for the dead miners? Speeches will be had .. I believe I'm a coal miners grandson, but no suited politicos showed up for his funeral, correographed (sp?) with prop miners' hats? Called in order? The Governor & other polls flocking to get some tube time off the bodies of those who died? Just to me, totally offensive pandering.

Not that it is new, now see that a walking tour is being set up at Kent State? Here's where the students died ..

Spend money on what? I'm sure that the energy used in that shameful display in West Virginia came from coal dug by the miners or their brothers, not by any of the talking heads. Or do these things create jobs for 15 to 20 minutes?

Real hats off to those who work the mines, not those who work the miners when there's a problem, then disappear until the next time the roof falls

[JoshD]

I was feeling the same way about the media when Katrina hit Mississippi, why not use that little helicopter that they were flying around and burning fuel in, to drop in a few supplies to those that had none. Where is the humanity in humans any more. Did it go down the drain like the canned goo, or in the trash like the disposable razor? I don't understand this.

JoshD

[C Reed]

you realize with out the midea no one would know of either of those events.

The fule used by the helicoptor to fly jurnos around to film the huricane damage probably raised many times its cost in resque donations.

The photogrpaher whom took this photo (which galvanized the anti Veitnam movement):


has spoken repitedly on how important it was to take the photo before helping the victim due to the lives the shocking image saved.

[2919]

Why is a stage & TV set up for a circus in West Virginia? Maybe I have grown cynical, but the news is showing a "ceremony" for the dead miners? Speeches will be had .. I believe I'm a coal miners grandson, but no suited politicos showed up for his funeral, correographed (sp?) with prop miners' hats? Called in order? The Governor & other polls flocking to get some tube time off the bodies of those who died? Just to me, totally offensive pandering.

Not that it is new, now see that a walking tour is being set up at Kent State? Here's where the students died ..

Spend money on what? I'm sure that the energy used in that shameful display in West Virginia came from coal dug by the miners or their brothers, not by any of the talking heads. Or do these things create jobs for 15 to 20 minutes?

Real hats off to those who work the mines, not those who work the miners when there's a problem, then disappear until the next time the roof falls

Well stated, sir.

[PanchoVilla]

Garyg, Watching this 'ceremony', I was thinking pretty much the same as you. It was moving, yet irritating at the same time.

I'm glad attention was brought to the life and risks of mining, and their community. I just think it was tacky.

I would have preferred that POTUS and the VP attend, but keep silent.

At least there was no TOTUS.

[Go West Young Man]

Since the President has publicly stated more than once - and in fact made the promise as part of his eulogy - that he intends to make sure the responsible are brought to task and reforms implemented, it seems to me that his presence there did more good than harm.

Love him or hate him, you have to agree that President Obama has a pretty good record so far of following through on his promises.

[garyg]

Ok, all the suits helped much, two more miners are down in KY? I forgot the no politics rule that makes B&B so good ..

Armenian/Irish here

Since the President has publicly stated more than once - and in fact made the promise as part of his eulogy - that he intends to make sure the responsible are brought to task and reforms implemented, it seems to me that his presence there did more good than harm.

Love him or hate him, you have to agree that President Obama has a pretty good record so far of following through on his promises.

[dpm802]

Love him or hate him, you have to agree that President Obama has a pretty good record so far of following through on his promises.

Love him or hate him, you have to agree that President Obama never passes up a good Photo Opportunity.

[Hawkeye5]

Has always been so. Unfortunate, but true (Remember the Maine?). I personally see the comments of journalists as almost always self-serving, arrogant, and condescending. Yes, she, he, or it suffered, but we serve a higher cause. Blah, blah, blah. SOS.

To paraphrase Paul Simon, journalists hear what they want to hear and disregard the rest. Not unlike the rest of us, true, but it is that they believe they are followers of the true way while the rest of us have no time for philosophy and fewer brains to understand if we had the time.

[dpm802]

Has always been so. Unfortunate, but true (Remember the Maine?). I personally see the comments of journalists as almost always self-serving, arrogant, and condescending. Yes, she, he, or it suffered, but we serve a higher cause. Blah, blah, blah. SOS.

To paraphrase Paul Simon, journalists hear what they want to hear and disregard the rest. Not unlike the rest of us, true, but it is that they believe they are followers of the true way while the rest of us have no time for philosophy and fewer brains to understand if we had the time.

While the vast majority of journalists will give a slanted and biased view of events, its not always so.

IMHO, The British Broadcasting Company are the world's best journalists, and no one even comes close. When I want to find out what's happening in America, I turn to the BBC to get the most accurate representation of current events. http://news.bbc.co.uk/

With the advent of world-wide news systems like Reuters and Associated Press, reports often pass through dozens of editors before it reaches you. This will result in data being distorted, important facts are left out, and trivial items may get pushed to the forefront. To get an unfiltered view of world events, it is best to go as close to the source as possible, and read what's being reported from the front lines. To that end, this is a valuable resource: http://www.world-newspapers.com/