Ridiculous...

"Yeah, so that situation is pretty bad there. But it's still Thanksgiving here."

This was the exact quotation that I saw while I was in vacation on the news last Thursday, after the Mumbai attacks the night prior. This just made me extremely angry, considering the horrible sorties that are currently taking place in India. I think that this taught us many different things about the news in general, which was something that I began to ponder. I am beginning to doubt the news and how they cover news; sometimes, we are too self centered in ourselves rather than thinking about the world in general.

The news on the attacks in Mumbai must have covered a total of maybe more than a minute on the news, probably only because there were many Americans injured during these attacks. Even worse, immediately after, the co-anchor of the show tries to change the mood immediately, giving a great smile at the screen and saying that it is still Thanksgiving, and switching off of the topic as quickly as he could. By the news just ignoring the news like that, it really expresses that they are hectoring these other countries. They believe that the attacks of the show was the nadir of the program,and that no one really cares to listen to it. This is the problem I have with the news and our media right now. It is extremely depressing that I would not have even known about these terrorist attacks in Mumbai if I had not checked the world news online.

The way that the news interpreted the attack was almost like the news derided the situation there. It's obvious of how self-centered our media has become. As one can tell, the way that the news acted about the attacks was extremely insulting to these people. Hundreds of people die everyday, and all the media could think about is the toppings that they would put on their turkey and what kind of stuffing to use. In my opinion, the news only thought of this as sheer ennui; it was only an annoyance to them, that only resulted in the boredom of them and their watchers. That is ridiculous.

Many Americans, sadly, still have not heard of the attacks yet, which is extremely maudlin. The fact that we do not discuss world news or negative news is extremely upsetting, and makes me very upset that this has not been brought up more and spoken about. The fact that we think we cannot allay ourselves of the incidents is very upsetting, and I really feel like our media is a huge embarrassment.