It's so sleazy to package the pain for profit.
As I wrote earlier, of course the public has a desire to get information and the press has a duty to inform the public.
But I don't like all the excessive promos of "news" specials offering no new information, wall to wall coverage of repetition.
In the case of the Virginia Tech shootings, it didn't take long for the exploitation factor to soar off the charts.
The musical scores that accompany the coverage truly bother me. I don't need a piano in the background to add dramatic effect. The event is being packaged as entertainment. This isn't a movie -- yet.
The broadcast and cable networks send in their stars to emote.
Reporters from local stations all over the country have joined in the pilgrimage.
A scene of tragedy becomes a village of satellite trucks and cables.
No doubt Oprah is on her way.
These photos illustrate how intrusive the media are.
Virginia Tech students grieve on the university's campus in Blacksburg, Virginia, April 17, 2007. REUTERS/Chris Keane (UNITED STATES)
Students are in the midst of their grief. It's a dramatic photo -- a private moment of pain.
It turns out the moment wasn't so private.
Virginia Tech students stop and reflect on those lives lost as members of the media take pictures on the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia April 17, 2007. REUTERS/Chris Keane (UNITED STATES)
Look at how close that photographer is. The guy is right in the students' faces.
I would have pushed the camera away.
The media have a knack for turning a tragedy into a circus.
It's so undignified.
The victims and the mourners deserve better.
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