Media Madness

I am finally convinced that the media are great for giving us the story but there seems to be exaggerations. A car crash becomes the headlines for two days and the same images are shown over and over again. I end up feeling like the actor in Clockwork Orange, being forced to watch horror on TV by having my eyelids kept open. Every channel will show the same story over and over and over and over again. I am not disrespecting the media nor the news channels but would it not be as interesting to talk about greatness happening?

I would like to hear about what happened that was happy as well. It seems as if the media anticipates that the audience is thriving for horror and terror as a means of entertainment? I think about what one reporter said about Steve Irwin, the late Crocodile Hunter, who nearly escaped death every day with his daring contact with wild animals. I have great admiration for him because he help make us aware that animals and mammals and reptiles are not killing machines and we can communicate with them plus we must save them. He showed us that we need to respect nature and her inhabitants and for that I salute Steve. But, was the close to danger show he challenged, really not because the audiences wanted to experience the thrill of potential life threatening danger? Are we really attracted to gore?

Is the media merely feeding us what we want to swallow? When driving on the highway, any car collision will slow up traffic and our curiosity to look, knowing we may be horrified or shocked, remains routine no matter where we drive in the world. Being sensationalized seems to be part of our makeup as humans and we somehow are all attracted to some form of horror. Movie industries make billions of dollars each year with horror we shriek and shiver at the sight of but nevertheless, this is entertainment for us.

The recent Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie break up and come back must have been a publicity stunt. The media will report this and we drool over this kind of reporting. However, knowing that more often than not, the reports can be very upsetting to the person being reported on and more often than not, the stories are blown out of proportion in order to get our reaction. I find myself looking through the National Inquirer at the grocery check out being fascinated by the headlines and photos. It gives me a sudden rush and I eagerly read the story. Afterwards I shrug this off as being nonsense but the initial excitement was there nevertheless.

Many will say that we are not forced to look at the news nor are we obliged to read the tabloids. So, why do we continue to buy the tabloids, knowing it probably is not true, and continue to look at the horrific accidents on the highway? Are we just curious? Are we devious creatures? I try to explore this further.

My grandmother had told my mother and my mother had told me once that life was one huge balance. The scales on both sides have to be even and on one side you have the negative and on the other side you have the positive. Perhaps there was something is what my grandmother said. We seem to need the good as much as the bad to find the perfect balance. Nature was the best example. Animals hunt each other to survive, if they did not do this, they would become extinct. There is a combination of good and bad. Animals fight to compete in strength and although this can seem brutal at times, it keeps the race going and surviving.

Would it be possible that since humans no longer physically compete with fighting nor hunt for food to survive, that killing in wars has replaced this otherwise necessary instinct? Is horror and terror part of our genetic makeup as part of the package to survive and reproduce? Is that why we are so interested and attracted to horror movies and real life horrors we repeatedly witness on television and via the media? Is this a normal and healthful human reaction?

I suppose without wrongs, one cannot have rights and vice versa. That could explain how perfect our genetic makeup really is. One emotional feeling gives evenness to the other. Which brings us back to the media. I do believe they are necessary for us to help create the balance of life. In the end we make the decision and hopefully the right decision. We need to trigger off our instinct to protect, survive and reproduce. Sensationalism helps us maintain the necessary balance to have a prosperous and happy life. The fact that more and more people are involved in charity and helping the world supports this idea. If I did not see the hungry children in Africa, I probably would have never given it a second thought. If I was not curious about Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, I would have not been made so aware about some of the horrors going on around us. Curious how issues seems to mesh together at the most unlikely times and the outcome is positive. The scales become even and grandma, bless her soul, got it right!

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