Media Storm

I know, I know, its super depressing, even for me. It just sort of...came out. But it does pretty much cover my feelings on how the media tends to treat people's tragedies, and how some almost look forward to hearing about them.


Through the mainstream media, the suffering and death and sheer negativity of the world has become idle entertainment to pass the hours instead of important issues to be rectified.
I remember growing up knowing full well that bad things happened, but getting older I realized with something close to horror what a...business it all has become. It always was, but now its televised at an alarming rate. We're bombarded daily, with few examples of good news because apparently, bad news is what gets the ratings.
Innocence bursts like an infected wound, replaced with a sky-is-falling sense of the world going to hell in a handbasket, and yet morbidly, we're compelled to watch as if its some fictional drama.
For those of us who grew up around a more innocent time or simply with a more sheltered upbringing, this isn't what we expected. Idealism is so much harder to cultivate because what our idiot box tells us: its getting worse and there's nothing you can do about it.
Some people are addicted to misery, and watching the media go at it makes my stomach sink.
This may be pretty harsh way to look at it but remember how much money is poured into this negative news overbalance and "if it bleeds, it leads" attitude when it could be used to do so much good for society.
At least real vultures clean up instead of spreading the rot.