Today in São Paulo, a man shot three
people and then hid in his house for 8 hours until the Police finally convinced
him to turn himself in.
What intrigued me about the whole
story is that all two big stations, ‘Globo’ and ‘Record’, televised it from
8:30 to 1:00 pm. I kept imagining why they had canceled their programs to show
a bunch of cops in front of a house while there were helicopters flying around
and they did not know what exactly was going on. The shooter was no one famous
or important and it was not like he’d be shooting anyone else.
It made me wonder what the truth
behind the story was. They only stopped televising the story when the afternoon
shows came on. The morning shows are live, perhaps that is why they could have
done that, unlike the afternoon shows. However, couldn’t they have shown
something more educational? Wasn’t there anything else going on in the country
they could have focused on? Perhaps there was. I believe that people nowadays
like to see tragic stories. They like to see blood and people getting
hurt. But then again, there is a lot of
violence here in São Paulo and you think that people would get more pleasure
out of watching other things other than violence and crime. Humans are strange and I wonder if I will ever figure them out.
What do you have to say about this?
(Written : October 18, 2012)
copyright ©2012 - Todos os direitos reservados a Meire Marion.
copyright ©2012 - Todos os direitos reservados a Meire Marion.
Essa é a mídia, Meire. A mídia televisiva. Só a TV Cultura vai em outra linha. Assim como existe uma outra mídia escrita, que não é Folha e Veja, mas já começa a melhorar na Época e muda totalmente na Carta Capital, sem falar em sites e blogs absolutamente "desconhecidos do grande público". Pão e circo dão dinheiro.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment Ruth. I do agree with you. It just amazes me sometimes. It felt like they were trying to hide something much more important that is going on in the country.
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