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Ron Green

(9,823 posts) Wed Aug 26, 2015, 09:32 PM Aug 2015

Why is a local murder-suicide all over the news? [View all]

Shootings are so commonplace in this toxic culture; what is it about this one that commands wall-to-wall reportage pushing even the American railroad heroes off the front page?

Young and attractive victims? A disgruntled former employee? Sadly, these are not rarities in the ultraviolent USA. it seems the real difference here is that is was on live TV, and available for replay. In other words, it was ENTERTAINMENT.

This is where we're at, folks. There's no longer any difference between news and entertainment, 'cause it all serves the same purpose - whether it be senseless killing of young people beginning their careers or senseless rantings of old people trying to bring their malfeasance into political office.

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Why is a local murder-suicide all over the news? [View all] Ron Green Aug 2015 OP

Social media. Agschmid Aug 2015 #1

It happened live on TV. Travis_0004 Aug 2015 #2

People care when 2 people get shot in Chicago alcibiades_mystery Aug 2015 #8

honestly it is hard to make the case people do dsc Aug 2015 #27

There's also a strong religious component to violence. phasma ex machina Aug 2015 #24

interesting.Walter Wink is going on my must read lsit. snagglepuss Aug 2015 #50

This. Ed Suspicious Aug 2015 #31

It happened to the media. nt kelliekat44 Aug 2015 #59

Because it happened on live TV PeaceNikki Aug 2015 #3

I wasn't entertained, and fuck you for saying that we were. pintobean Aug 2015 #4

. Iggo Aug 2015 #10

+1000 nt NutmegYankee Aug 2015 #28

Too many people living in poserville seveneyes Aug 2015 #5

WTF is this shit right here? Brickbat Aug 2015 #6

Well, thank you for accusing Texasgal Aug 2015 #7

Then help me understand why this particular killing Ron Green Aug 2015 #12

Sure! Except for the part where you accused everyone of being entertained. jeff47 Aug 2015 #14

Well, maybe Texasgal Aug 2015 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author olddots Aug 2015 #30

I find this post to be sort of repulsive, but lots of your posts are repulsive so that's certainly Bluenorthwest Aug 2015 #9

Was the Hindenburg disaster - many decades ago - also entertainment? cigsandcoffee Aug 2015 #11

Dirigibles did not explode into flames every day. Ron Green Aug 2015 #13

Suicides happen every day... ScreamingMeemie Aug 2015 #38

Wrong. News reporters are shot on-air at about the same frequency as dirigible disasters. n/t cigsandcoffee Aug 2015 #62

Get off your high horse.... Joe the Revelator Aug 2015 #16

I hope a couple of people hav Alerted on you. Really. Hekate Aug 2015 #17

When Budd Dwyer shot himself on television in 1987, one station ScreamingMeemie Aug 2015 #18

I'd never heard of that... Agschmid Aug 2015 #44

I just turned on a TV set, did a lap around the channels, and Ron Green Aug 2015 #19

Everybody knows exactly what's going on. pintobean Aug 2015 #20

You've been answered several times. ScreamingMeemie Aug 2015 #21

I think it's you that Texasgal Aug 2015 #22

For-profit media covering for-profit media. It bleeds, Ilsa Aug 2015 #23

Would you rather be viewing Kim Kardashian ?..... steve2470 Aug 2015 #25

:/ Go Vols Aug 2015 #26

You're getting a lot of shit for speaking the truth Don Lemon Aug 2015 #29

They (the media) can't help it. I just saw a piece on CNN Ron Green Aug 2015 #33

Why are you picking and choosing who you respond to? ScreamingMeemie Aug 2015 #36

I remember the Budd Dwyer event, and also thought Ron Green Aug 2015 #45

Moneta, where ohheckyeah Aug 2015 #32

I live in Moneta, on the Bedford side. phylny Aug 2015 #48

It was a newscaster and there is video jberryhill Aug 2015 #34

How could this not be a big story? melman Aug 2015 #35

I think that's my point. The fact that it HAS to be wall-to-wall, Ron Green Aug 2015 #40

The NRA. Anyone who supports that industry of death does not belong here madinmaryland Aug 2015 #37

ENTERTAINMENT??? sarisataka Aug 2015 #39

Could have maybe worded that differently. davidthegnome Aug 2015 #41

the local news seems to be almost ALL entertainment hfojvt Aug 2015 #46

Don Henley nailed it in 1982 Beta Male Aug 2015 #42

They're putting every reporter doing a remote in danger with that snuff film. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2015 #43

I brought this up earlier and was called "cold" Laffy Kat Aug 2015 #47

Live TV. Attractive white female victim. Recursion Aug 2015 #49

Journalists are a community. applegrove Aug 2015 #51

Blond white woman. nt valerief Aug 2015 #52

Right. Had she been a brunette this would not have been a story. Nye Bevan Aug 2015 #58

Obviously, media tend to cover people in their own profession disproportionately, even in ordinary merrily Aug 2015 #53

"Entertainment" romanic Aug 2015 #54

Are you watching this non-stop interview with the boyfriend on CNN370? malaise Aug 2015 #55

It's funny that ppl here think news stations actually care. It is "entertainment" to them. Oneironaut Aug 2015 #56

Did anyone ever actually watch "Bowling for Columbine"? ibegurpard Aug 2015 #57

TV news is really just entertainment, ratings, and money now. djean111 Aug 2015 #60

You're correct. Another incident in Louisiana is getting crickets. Vinca Aug 2015 #61