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Chile: Have we gone too far?
Rescuing the Chilean miners has become a “made for TV” event. For some reason, that just seems wrong to me.
[node:ad]Rescuing the Chilean miners has become a “made for TV” event. For some reason, that just seems wrong to me.
Dale Bass
October 9, 2010
Turn the clock back 23 years:
Turn the clock back 23 years: Baby Jessica, the girl in the well. Only Diana’s death got more media coverage. A little girl in a hole.
It’s a resurrection story. I’m surprised the Chilean miners story isn’t round-the-clock, 24/7. It should be. Nothing “wrong” with a human survival story that transfixes us, and gives us a break from climate change and the Tea Party.
October 9, 2010
says who? besides, if it is a
says who? besides, if it is a “made for TV” event, it has to beat out balloon boy. (sorry for mentioning it).
October 12, 2010
Why does it seem wrong to
Why does it seem wrong to you?
I’ll take the “uplifting” story about the stunning survival of men who do very dangerous work for relatively little recompense any day over manufactured stories like the Guergis/Jaffer Affair or the swine flu debacle.
Apparently the men are all signing an agreement that they will all benefit equally from any book/movie/media creations so no one person will be the star in this miracle.
October 12, 2010
Sorry, been away. Part of me
Sorry, been away. Part of me is going yes, that’s great and the perfect way to cover this and the other part of me is going boy, can’t we give them one second of peace when they come out. But, having read how it’s being handled, it looks like they’re doing that. And yes, anything’s better than the Tea Party or, today’s breaking headline, Christina Aquilera is separating from her husband!!!
October 12, 2010
It also points out the “drive
It also points out the “drive by” nature of reporting from outside of North America and Europe. While this story is very compelling (the first visuals of the first miner rescued will be powerful), the stories about who these people are, why they work where they do, who owns the mine and what impact this event will have on their communities will likely never happen as media organizations continue to limit their reporting from developing countries.
October 14, 2010
A propos of last comment,
A propos of last comment, here’s an interesting take:
Chile is a story about journalism’s failure: http://www.jlittau.net/?p=1135