Due Friday Jan. 13
Search Internet blogs for discussions about the story of the 12 miners in West Virginia. How did the media get it so wrong? What lessons can we learn from this incident? Use this list of blogs to get started; you do not need to limit yourself to this list:
www.huffingtonpost.com
www.sploid.com
www.intheagora.com
www.powerlineblog.com
www.theagitator.com
www.drudgereport.com
www.michellemalkin.com
www.allspinzone.com
www.politicalvine.com
www.davidlimbaugh.com
www.huffingtonpost.com
www.sploid.com
www.intheagora.com
www.powerlineblog.com
www.theagitator.com
www.drudgereport.com
www.michellemalkin.com
www.allspinzone.com
www.politicalvine.com
www.davidlimbaugh.com
posted by Stacy Simon at 5:47 PM
1 Comments:
In the case of the Sago mining explosion the media has clearly dropped the ball. They did nothing short of reporting rumor as fact, and by doing so making the situation a little worse. The family and friends of those miners were put threw an ordeal that was completely avoidable. But never the less those men are dead and the fact that the media jumped the gun doesn’t change that. They messed up and I’m pretty sure their aware of the mistake, and hopefully a lesson was learned. So what was the big story on January 4th? Was it that 12 men lost their lives in a tragic mining explosion or was it that the relatives of those miners thought their loved ones were alive for an hour or two? The media itself has seemed to become the story instead of the death of the miners, because 12 men dieing while performing one of the worlds most dangerous jobs just isn’t that amazing. It happens. But seeing families crushed twice in one day is good ratings right? Blaming the media or the mine owners is pointless. Those men new what they were getting into when they took the job.
Also, the families are being taken care of by the billionaire mine owner, Wilbur Ross. He has left $2 million in a fund for them. Although I think he should leave more but then again why should he since he knows he is going to get sued three ways from Sunday? And so will all of the police and fire departments for leaving the miners alive in the shaft for so long. Leave it to Americans to exploit a tragedy! Yes the media especially the Associated Press messed up but come on. The families heard that rumor the same time the press did, the media didn’t kill those men but they sure caught hell like they did. Out of the 250 major US papers about half of them reported false news. I give the media a pat on the wrist and say to them I understand mistakes can be made. It must have been easy to get caught up in the celebration when the rumors first surfaced, but still this is no excuse. The media can not afford another mistake.
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