greg334
Veteran Expediter
Since the Japanese disaster hit the air waves here in the US, many of the news outlets, idiot talk shows and so on have been covering it like it happened here. In some cases their action may have been more of a ratings gain than actual news reporting.
CNN has sent a lot of people over to Japan, they have promoted the goofy TV doctor and Anderson Cooper as superstars on the ground, explaining things like what happens when the radiation hits Hawaii or LA. They are the worst offenders among hundreds of other media people and organizations who have exploited this tragedy for their own gains, it seems that our country like to see others hurt and suffer in TV and in the press - especially the Japanese.
To take my statement a step further, we have in the past taken up large donations to help people in Haiti and for our own. We have gone to extraordinary lengths to help by donations of food and items that are needed. We have put our troops in harms way to help those out which is not even close to being their function in our society. BUT with Japan, donations are slowly coming in, volunteers to help are low and nothing but the media outlets using scare tactics to keep viewers glued to their TV and radios is being said.
Pretty sad when we are worried about a basketball game or what is happening in the middle east which has nothing to do with us.
It is also pretty pathetic that panic has ensued in California and Hawaii about radiation levels when we have been exposed to a lot more in the past while above ground testing took place.
CNN has sent a lot of people over to Japan, they have promoted the goofy TV doctor and Anderson Cooper as superstars on the ground, explaining things like what happens when the radiation hits Hawaii or LA. They are the worst offenders among hundreds of other media people and organizations who have exploited this tragedy for their own gains, it seems that our country like to see others hurt and suffer in TV and in the press - especially the Japanese.
To take my statement a step further, we have in the past taken up large donations to help people in Haiti and for our own. We have gone to extraordinary lengths to help by donations of food and items that are needed. We have put our troops in harms way to help those out which is not even close to being their function in our society. BUT with Japan, donations are slowly coming in, volunteers to help are low and nothing but the media outlets using scare tactics to keep viewers glued to their TV and radios is being said.
Pretty sad when we are worried about a basketball game or what is happening in the middle east which has nothing to do with us.
It is also pretty pathetic that panic has ensued in California and Hawaii about radiation levels when we have been exposed to a lot more in the past while above ground testing took place.