Travis Barker, DJ AM critically injured in plane crash

[rawb]

People like to hear news about people they know or have shared experiences with. The media isn't making a value judgment on who's life is worth more, just who people will be able to relate to more. They print a story with a headline that includes individuals known to people that pay for the paper/website/whatever. This draws people in to read it and when they do, they learn about the others involved in the incident. It also allows the paper/website/whatever to stay in business and print more articles.

Your point is somewhat valid but it really relies on the presumption that people are idiots, which is kind of a morally superior way to think. Do you think people don't care about the people who have died in the crash just because of who the headline includes? Do you believe people are smart enough to read the article and draw their own conclusions, just like you did? Do you put more value in an article that has a sensational headline that you actually end up reading or one with a fair headline you never know about? Does it matter if the person reading it is intelligent enough to know the difference.

I mean don't start the 'DONT TELL ME NOT TO CARE' game because you were the first person in this thread to tell people how they should feel.

[Grapes]

Originally Posted by Lush

I guess I just keep forgetting that passivity is hip

Don't confuse acceptance with passivity.

[Grapes]

Originally Posted by rawb

Do you think people don't care about the people who have died in the crash just because of who the headline includes? Do you believe people are smart enough to read the article and draw their own conclusions, just like you did? Do you put more value in an article that has a sensational headline that you actually end up reading or one with a fair headline you never know about?

Add to this the fact that the four deaths were mentioned right in the header, as opposed to at the end of the article.

[Revolver]

Originally Posted by Lush

I'm not claiming that I'm morally superior in any way, if audience is the key factor in determining and shaping news media then I think we need to reevaluate what we're consuming. The fact that the focus is being diverted to these celebrities who got injured as opposed to killed in this particular incident is unfortunate.

I don't give a shit who the celebrities were it's the headline and the amount of media attention that these kinds of stories draw that is upsetting.
Also, this "cope" or "don't worry about" attitude that you guys are trying to advocate is really kind of pathetic. If you don't care that's fine, but don't tell other people not to care because our generation is more or less going to run the show in the next few decades.

I guess I just keep forgetting that passivity is hip

hrrrmm,