Media as a business

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Tom Carlson

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Seasonals wrote: “1 hour ago .... And now NBC is broadcasting the package they received from the shooter. Absolutely no reason that that should be shown on television. In my opinion NBC should be fired from broadcasting.”

I notice that media people talk about the rest of the media as though they are not a part of the media. It’s always the other guys that are “the media”. It does not make sense. A local radio station is just as big a part of the media as NBC. They are never the media; it’s just the big guys.

The Media is a business, a very big business. They do what ever is the easiest and quickest way to generate revenue. The higher their ratings go, the more they can charge for advertising time. So they must play to the ratings game.

Has anyone a clue about the validity of ratings? How many people have been polled? Does a poll of 100 or 1,000 people give a true picture of how the general public views the big picture?

If I have an issue that needs to be aired, the media will not give it the time of day if it will not enhance their ratings.

Seasonals wrote: “1 hour ago .... And now NBC is broadcasting the package they received from the shooter. Absolutely no reason that that should be shown on television. In my opinion NBC should be fired from broadcasting.” I couldn’t agree more. But who ever gets it out there first makes them look good and ratings will redeem them for their wrong.

And who generates the power that drives ratings? We do. You, me, and all the other guys and dolls. It must be that we have an insatiable need to know about the bad deeds more than the good deeds. We drive what gets on the news. Good news is boring. Bad news is exciting. What drives our desires to show more interest in the bad than the good? I sure don’t know.

Probably more people are killed every day in our country from violence than by terrorism in Iraq. But what do we talk about, what do we give our attention to?

Maybe someone will find a way to make a certain day free of negative news, negative thinking, and negative responses. How about this for starters; when the next person asks, “How are you?” don’t say “Not so bad” because that’s negative. Try this, “If I was any better, I would be dangerous.”

And that's my rant for the day. Tom Carlson
 
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Thank you Tom for starting this thread.

Remember when Princess Diana died? The main stream media (generally) agreed NOT to air the pictures of the scene before she and others were removed. It is possible after all to get the media to work together for the common good.

NBC is all about money, so is CBS, ABC, FOX and whomever else there is. I'm pretty certain that if the same package had been mailed to CBC, CTV, or GLOBAL, the same decision would follow.

Sadly they don't think about the effects on the families of the dead.

Of course I don't get the media as a whole very much anymore. What can possibly be gained by the interviewer sticking a microphone in someone's face and asking how that person feels about the death of their loved one...

Tom, your observations about what drives the Media are dead on... but you know humanity really hasn't evolved much from the Roman times... blood lust lives and thrives in this century. Why else would Jerry Springer, and Maury Povitch still be on the air? Both feed the lowest common denominator of our species.

Anyway, I choose not to watch the news. The Today show, which will no doubt play over and over again and analyze up the ying yang, will not play in my place today. Nor will the other stations, because they, like Dingos, will no doubt join in the feeding frenzy.

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May I quote you, Tom, Victoria, and Joe, on our family's website? We are discussing the same thing, and I think that you three have stated volumes of truth.
 
Connie said:
May I quote you, Tom, Victoria, and Joe, on our family's website? We are discussing the same thing, and I think that you three have stated volumes of truth.
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Thank you and of course.

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The media, and it's ranking system is pathetic.
However, it's a very similar rating system that establishes great commercials, from poor ones, and THAT is based on consumer response to polling!!
The human grotto continues to establish new lows for integrity, and morality, while legislative slime continues to support the defensive posturing of criminality, wanton death, and the products, and clients, that emerge from it!
 
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