Monday, January 30, 2006
It Was Someone Famous This Time
I feel that what happened to Bob Woodruff and Doug Vogt was horrible, and I'm glad they weren't killed. That being said, I'm with Shakes: why doesn't the news media get outraged about the massive amount of death and carnage in Iraq until one of their own (well, one of their own with a big enough name) to get outraged?
My local radio station, WFNX, plays news bites from ABC News all throughout the morning show. And whenever the reporters talked about Woodruff, they kept calling him "Bob." "Bob." By using his first name, again and again, they demonstrated how well they knew the guy. They showed the world that what happened hurt, goddamnit, and that what happened thousands of miles away does affect us.
Imagine what would've happened if they'd been like that for every soldier who's fallen.
My local radio station, WFNX, plays news bites from ABC News all throughout the morning show. And whenever the reporters talked about Woodruff, they kept calling him "Bob." "Bob." By using his first name, again and again, they demonstrated how well they knew the guy. They showed the world that what happened hurt, goddamnit, and that what happened thousands of miles away does affect us.
Imagine what would've happened if they'd been like that for every soldier who's fallen.
