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So tomorrow is the 1yr anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks.
And I see endless lists of tv shows about it, documentaries, retrospectives, net sites etc etc.
And I’m sick of it.
Now before you start screaming about being heartless and callous and a Taliban sympathiser etc, listen to what I am saying.
I am sick of the coverage afforded, a year later still. There was an acceptance at the time that showing the footage of the planes hitting and the people jumping etc was near pornographic and was a distress.
And I agree with that.
Nobody is likely to forget the images from Sept 11th 2001, they are burned into our minds and retinas like a brand.
I certainly do not want to see an hour long program that does nothing except show me the footage, again, in slow motion of the planes hitting.
It’s even in the serious papers – The Sunday Times had a double-page image of the exact moment the second plane struck, complete with fireball and dramatic still-frame of the explosion. If you look real close, you can almost make out limbs.
And that’s what I object to. For thousands of people, those events are like yesterday to them. Do they need to see, once more, the video footage of the moment their loved ones died?
Why not, if you must mark the occasion, just talk to the survivors and relatives without those images?
To me, it cheapens the matter to just keep playing over and over and over the gruesome events of that morning.
Show some respect and ask the families how they would like to mark this private anniversary of having relatives killed.
Imagine you lost your mum or sister or whole family that day, and you know for a fact tomorrow that you are going to be able to witness, in glorious modern colour complete with computer aided graphics, exactly what happened when they were torn limb from limb.
Personally I find that notion abhorrent.
And as someone that lost a relative, I will not be watching any programs tomorrow that may afford me the chance to witness the death of somebody close.
September 11th was an horrific, devastating, pointless exercise in destruction, death and tyranny.
Please, before you settle down with a cup of tea and your dinner, take a moment to think about those affected before sitting back and flicking between the channels to watch those planes hit.
Again.
And I see endless lists of tv shows about it, documentaries, retrospectives, net sites etc etc.
And I’m sick of it.
Now before you start screaming about being heartless and callous and a Taliban sympathiser etc, listen to what I am saying.
I am sick of the coverage afforded, a year later still. There was an acceptance at the time that showing the footage of the planes hitting and the people jumping etc was near pornographic and was a distress.
And I agree with that.
Nobody is likely to forget the images from Sept 11th 2001, they are burned into our minds and retinas like a brand.
I certainly do not want to see an hour long program that does nothing except show me the footage, again, in slow motion of the planes hitting.
It’s even in the serious papers – The Sunday Times had a double-page image of the exact moment the second plane struck, complete with fireball and dramatic still-frame of the explosion. If you look real close, you can almost make out limbs.
And that’s what I object to. For thousands of people, those events are like yesterday to them. Do they need to see, once more, the video footage of the moment their loved ones died?
Why not, if you must mark the occasion, just talk to the survivors and relatives without those images?
To me, it cheapens the matter to just keep playing over and over and over the gruesome events of that morning.
Show some respect and ask the families how they would like to mark this private anniversary of having relatives killed.
Imagine you lost your mum or sister or whole family that day, and you know for a fact tomorrow that you are going to be able to witness, in glorious modern colour complete with computer aided graphics, exactly what happened when they were torn limb from limb.
Personally I find that notion abhorrent.
And as someone that lost a relative, I will not be watching any programs tomorrow that may afford me the chance to witness the death of somebody close.
September 11th was an horrific, devastating, pointless exercise in destruction, death and tyranny.
Please, before you settle down with a cup of tea and your dinner, take a moment to think about those affected before sitting back and flicking between the channels to watch those planes hit.
Again.
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im having a normal aint the end of the world its happened why grieve on it even more....... move on
I would argue that broadsheets such as the Times and the telegraph, were just those that were targetted at those who think they are free-thinking individuals.
It's just different horses for different courses to use an old cliché. Just because you're intelligent it doesn't mean you can't be targetted. For all our lofty pretensions when buying newspapers, most people are likely to go for the cheapest one (the Times in the broadsheet market) or one with some exclusive/interesting free supplement.
Even the so-called serious papers like going in for a good old bit of sleaze and gossip. Because that is what sells.
It's just different horses for different courses to use an old cliché. Just because you're intelligent it doesn't mean you can't be targetted. For all our lofty pretensions when buying newspapers, most people are likely to go for the cheapest one (the Times in the broadsheet market) or one with some exclusive/interesting free supplement.
Even the so-called serious papers like going in for a good old bit of sleaze and gossip. Because that is what sells.
u going a bit overboard TBH.... move on forget it, its just media hype jsut carry on the day normally!
I'm pretty sure that the paper you are talking about would be a tabloid. Broadsheets may have, and will have articles about the trategy but papers like these (Times, Guardian, Telegraph etc.) dont use acts of terrorism to sell their papers. Its a bit vague to say that all papers are trying to capitalise on the trategy by trying to sell more papers.
Tomorrow a newspaper is giving away a "24-page special" on last year's september 11th attacks.
What is "special" about a glossy photo of real people choosing to jump out of abuilding rather than burn alive?
What is "special" about photos of planes exploding and buildings collapsing and people dying?
The only thing that is special about them is that they sell newspapers. Morbid, horrific images sell newspapers. Celebrity scandals, outings, affairs sell newspapers. Government c***-ups sell newspapers. Death and destruction sell newspapers.
Will they concentrate on the aftermath. On the positive things, on people who survived and rebuilt their lives. Yeah maybe a few column inches buried in the middle somewhere. But instead we'll get to relive the collision and the dying in a multimedia orgy of slow motion replays and second by second snapshots and pictures of people falling out of windows.
Because what is a tribute to the dead but an excuse to push up sales figures?
What is "special" about a glossy photo of real people choosing to jump out of abuilding rather than burn alive?
What is "special" about photos of planes exploding and buildings collapsing and people dying?
The only thing that is special about them is that they sell newspapers. Morbid, horrific images sell newspapers. Celebrity scandals, outings, affairs sell newspapers. Government c***-ups sell newspapers. Death and destruction sell newspapers.
Will they concentrate on the aftermath. On the positive things, on people who survived and rebuilt their lives. Yeah maybe a few column inches buried in the middle somewhere. But instead we'll get to relive the collision and the dying in a multimedia orgy of slow motion replays and second by second snapshots and pictures of people falling out of windows.
Because what is a tribute to the dead but an excuse to push up sales figures?
How about, in respect, they shut down transmitters for an hour? No tv for a whole hour. So perhaps people can think for a second [heh] about what's important in their lives, who they love, how they can make their lives better.
Or, the ones of us who can think for ourselves can sit back, remember what happened, live our lives as we wish well, know where we stand with the ones with love, and let them know we love them. And then perhaps we can go watch a film, or read a book, or do whatever the hell we want to to keep us all alive and happy. Keep following our dreams.
Sod the media, sod money. Strength comes from finding what you love, and understanding that without the sickness within this world, there would be nothing to love, nothing to keep us alive.
The media does not in general respect the dead. The people that want to read these stories, watch these programs, do not respect the dead, or love. Why should we care for these people anyway? They have what they want in their lives, let them be happy with what they do, and we'll be happy with what we do.
On September the 11th, I'll be living my life as I do every day, as much as I possibly can. I will do the things I enjoy, I will spend time with the people I love, and I will act more towards the future, so I'm able to keep doing these things.
Or, the ones of us who can think for ourselves can sit back, remember what happened, live our lives as we wish well, know where we stand with the ones with love, and let them know we love them. And then perhaps we can go watch a film, or read a book, or do whatever the hell we want to to keep us all alive and happy. Keep following our dreams.
Sod the media, sod money. Strength comes from finding what you love, and understanding that without the sickness within this world, there would be nothing to love, nothing to keep us alive.
The media does not in general respect the dead. The people that want to read these stories, watch these programs, do not respect the dead, or love. Why should we care for these people anyway? They have what they want in their lives, let them be happy with what they do, and we'll be happy with what we do.
On September the 11th, I'll be living my life as I do every day, as much as I possibly can. I will do the things I enjoy, I will spend time with the people I love, and I will act more towards the future, so I'm able to keep doing these things.
Surprisingly, the itv evening news dealt with it far more sensetively than the bbc tonight.
ITV - no footage of last year, just stuff about what was happening this year.
BBC - 'we've got explosions and dust clouds, and dagnammit, we're going to use them'
punks
ITV - no footage of last year, just stuff about what was happening this year.
BBC - 'we've got explosions and dust clouds, and dagnammit, we're going to use them'
punks
If it sells, then it'll be printed / shown. No question about that.
I admit that I watched one of the programs - I can't remember its name, but it was just a load of home-video / photographs jumbled together. Also, I admit that it was well done - I was almost fooled into thinking that the makers actually cared about what happened.
But then the adverts came on, every 15 minutes, set to a higher volume than the actual program. Kind of disillusioning.
I admit that I watched one of the programs - I can't remember its name, but it was just a load of home-video / photographs jumbled together. Also, I admit that it was well done - I was almost fooled into thinking that the makers actually cared about what happened.
But then the adverts came on, every 15 minutes, set to a higher volume than the actual program. Kind of disillusioning.
I agree. Its like missing children. Holly and Jessica go missing. Yes its terrible what happened to them - I know. However, the sick thing is is that the media goes 'all concerned' over these two, offering rewards etc, all because those two were little girls with nice faces to put on a front page.
While thousands of other people go missing with out so much as a media flicker. So much for the medias 'concern'.
While thousands of other people go missing with out so much as a media flicker. So much for the medias 'concern'.
Oh, I don't blame people for getting annoyed with it. Personally, I've despised the media ever since Princess Diana was on every front page for about a month.
The way the media like to blow things like that in everyone's face for profit as opposed to telling the news is just disgusting. I am very much of the opinion that national papers should be regulated, as well as documentaries and such.
Too much of anything is bad.
The way the media like to blow things like that in everyone's face for profit as opposed to telling the news is just disgusting. I am very much of the opinion that national papers should be regulated, as well as documentaries and such.
Too much of anything is bad.
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