The Good, The Bad, The Ugly (media)

[azsnowman]

Ya know, I am VERY addicted to CNN, MSNBC but ya know what? Do you think the media oversteps their boundries just a *tad too much*?" I know we need to be informed these days to stay alive but COME ON! I hate to bring this up BUT....this Elizabeth Smart thing (*First, don't blast me for this) It is without a doubt a MIRACLE no less that she was found alive and well but come on ppl, let's let her parents do some catching up with their daughter for heavens sake and give us a break. Yes, it was terrible thing this nut case did BUT....has anyone given it a thought that MAYBE this girl set this up? She had AMPLE oppurtunities to yell for help in all the places she had been seen, there's something VERY fishy to this whole story that I'm not completly buying, I'm sorry. I don't know, maybe it's just me but you can only beat a dead horse for so long, let's get on with it. Like the heading for this thread, The Good, The Bad, The Ugly.....what's your take on all this and the media in general?

Another case in point, last summer during the evacuation, Michelle and I belong to the Navajo County Sheriffs Dept as sworn, part time deputies. We worked the road blocks and worked the gate for the ICP (Incident Command Post) and our BIGGEST problems weren't the folks trying to get back into their homes for their possesions, it was the damn MEDIA, we had to secure the gate leading into the ICP, we had over 350 additional officers PLUS 3 units of the National Guard there trying to make plans for the evac when the word was given. I don't know, I know we have become a society driven by the sickest, most violent video scenes we can get our hands on, it's human nature, don't you slow down at an accident scene to see if anyone died? I know, it's sick but that's the way we are, we only human.

Dennis 8)

[JQ Public]

The only reason it got so much coverage is because her family was rich. Many kids go missing each day and nothing is said. They could pay for the publicity and the bounty so they got the exposure. Not to mention the girl was blonde haired and blue-eyed...and from a very religious family. "things like that shouldn't happen to people like that"...and then the public was hooked. They were just fueling the fire known as us.

[azsnowman]

This girl is gonna be even RICHER when she's a little older, ya know how much money she can get by selling her story to Hollywood?? Sheeesh, I don't even want to think about it!

Dennis

[JQ Public]

Haha. She's set for life. Unless she goes cuckoo...which is also a definite possiblity with young kids in the spotlight like her. Next thing you know her and Elian Gonzales will be arrested for drug possession and money laundering!! jk of course hehe.

[azsnowman]

LOL!

Seriously, it's GREAT to hear some GOOD NEWS for a change, I cannot tell you how "I" felt when the news broke that day, I praised God for her safe return. And now come to find out that that sicko tried to take her cousin too BUT....let's let the parents cherish this moment and not make a circus out of this!

Dennis

[Aslkahuna]

"Dirty Laundry" best describes my opinion of the media.

Steve

[wx247]

It is such a double edged sword, the media is. We always complain about them covering things, but we are always glued to them to see what happens. I know it is true... I do it too!

[Stormsfury]

Dennis, you're not the only one that thinks this ... there are many, many others around here also speaking of the very same thing you posted earlier ....