Over-sensationalizing

I saw that youtube clip mocking our media and their ability to over-sensationalize the freeze we had the other day.

It drives me nuts! The media takes any bit of information and blows it UP! What drives me even more nuts is the mass faction of society that falls for it. Really? Really people? How do you NOT see it? How do you not see that really the entire city of Houston can't possibly be frozen? Should we drive with caution? Of course! Should we avoid the frozen overpasses? Over course! But do you really honestly think that 579 square miles of Houston is ALL FROZEN?

Okay, let's take it the topic macro - the media does this to EVERYTHING! If a viewer is watching the news and in five seconds or less feels a rush of emotion on a topic and a sense of urgency about something, a reaction if you will, it is probably a false sense of feeling. That is what media does - they scare the crap out of you.

That is how they build their numbers - make more money - keep their jobs as journalists. THIS IS THEIR JOB PEOPLE.

If a piece of news is broadcast scale it down about 95% and that's your level of urgency. Oh, wait a minute, at that point there is no urgency - ha!

Anyhoo - there's my venting for the day! Don't get me started on how one sided it is - that's an entirely different entry :)