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I have been reading
the book Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson, because PBS has been
showing the TV show. I have been
surprised, and a little disappointed at how far from the book the show had
strayed because it has definitely
been changed into something more politically correct.
This bothers me,
because the truth is history is not politically correct. Political Correctness
did not exist in history. Women and people of colour were discriminated
against, and the truth is, that in some parts of the world, that is still the
case. There are countries where people who are not in the majority race, colour
or creed are discriminated against. It is a fact of
life.
And so, I was a
little idignant when I discovered, that one country, which has been very
critical of Britain and the US, is much less racially diverse, and much
less racially tolerant than either country. The report is very
interesting and quite enlightening.
In addition to that
report, whilest perusing my 'great debate' sites, I was astonished to learn that
in Ethiopia, there had been violent protests, clashes between supporters of the
opposition and the police. It kind of put into perspective the self centered
attitude of the media in this country. Not all the media outlets are bad, but
the attention paid to who did what in the president's staff, or the local news
stations focus on house fires really annoys me. The truth is, fire is terrible
and devastating to people, but not every fire is a news story to me. I would
like to hear more about what is happening in the world. I dont want to hear
more stories about potential pandemic influenza. That is
POTENTIAL not an immediate reality. I dont care to hear report after
report on the bird 'flu. It either is a danger or isn't, and unless it is
harmful, why hype it up. And face it, is the visit of Charles and Camilla
really that important? And I am a royalist through and
through!
Do you remember the
widespread panic about the 'flu injections last year? And do you know how much
surplus there was?
I think the media
has gone on a rampage to hype things up so often.
And what's worse
than that? Disturbing news on too early at night! I don't think it is entirely
appropriate for my children at ages 6 and (almost) 2 to see the images so often
shown on the evening news. It would be nice to have the evening news on
later... at a time I can watch without fear of my children seeing something
bad. Yes, right before the local news. Then maybe the reports of fires wont
seem so self centered to this mother.
My theory is that with the increase in media outlets, all the media is
out for itself in a desperate bid for survival. If only they were
after the news!!
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Nov. 2, 2005 - Just dropped in to say hello
Kathy