If I remember correctly, they were going to do that at Guantanamo, but decided waterboarding was more humane.Syndrome wrote:Drown the bastard in Small World so that song is the last thing they ever hear as they die.
These days, it's not about the news, it's about the ratings. Any code of ethics a station might have is beaten down by the need to provide the most sordid graphic details so that they can get those viewers. There are some times the media needs to sit the f*** down and shut the f*** up. What VALID public interest is served by haranguing a grieving family and displaying the bloody details of a murder or accident? None. I can see writing about the accident. That's news. Maybe Austin's name was news. But the rest of his family and his personal life? That's inviolate. If the family calls a press conference, okay, then they want to talk, but otherwise, let it go.
As for the asshat "guests" who are pushing for information, sadly, they're a product of a society that glorifies the violence and puts this kind of thing on "reality" shows to where it becomes just another thing. They don't see the seriousness and solemnity of the occassion because they let the TV educate them about morals instead of using their common sense, which sadly, is not so common.
On another board I hang out on, we call such beatdowns of the ignorant "LART"ing, which stands for Luser Attitude Readjustment Tool. A LART can be verbal, or physical.
