Friday, March 25, 2011

Where was the media this week?

I know that there are revolutions and rebellions going on all over the place, and I realize there was a tsunami and an earthquake that has left Japan devastated. I know that a soldier testified that he murdered three Afghan citizens, and that Lindsay Lohan is not taking a plea deal. I also read about Hilary Clinton pushing for jobs in Tunisia, and how tired she is. I know that Katie Couric is being let go, and that Warren Buffett is investing...
I try and read the news every day at ten.
This week at the end of my first class on wednesday, my teacher took off 5 minutes and we prayed for the victims of the terror attack in Israel. I thought it was really nice, to still have the Fogel family on our minds and in our prayers, but then someone said "50 people were hurt", I was shocked. I had just read the news, and yet had not heard anything about the terror attack in Israel. Where was the media on that story?

on wednesday night I was checking my email when I saw a friends of mine had sent me a message titled What?!?!?! the content was  Family in Los Angeles murdered in their sleep by terrorists. bomb explodes on # 2 train in NYC injuring dozens and killing at least one; over 80 missiles fired into Washinton, DC. 


Needless to say i was completely shocked! I realized they were talking about Israel, and how crazy it is that that the media hardly covered these stories. 


Why is that acceptable? why should I be informed of every little thing in Japan, but terror goes unnoticed?

Thursday, March 17, 2011

indian point

chernobyl was one of the largest disasters that ever was. people are still dying there all the time, and the levels of radiation that chernobyl residents are exposed to is very far above the normal, its somewhere in the lethal exposure. now in japan the country is in tremendous danger, plants are failing to fast. sea water is not cooling fast enough, and the scientists working to shut down the plants are being called "suicide mission workers" the levels of radiation are 10 times higher than the accepted maximum. a nuclear cloud is supposed to drift all the way across the ocean and hit california tomorrow. hawaii is on a tsunami watch. the nuclear plants in america are at risk.
in japan the evacuation zone is 25 miles wide from the plants. if anything were to happen at indian point- we are only about 20 miles away.
should we maybe consider shutting down indian point? and moving the plant to a deserted area- where there are no cities within at least 50 miles?
i just read on the drudgereport that texans are hoping the country will approve more texas plants. i think if they want the risk- fantastic let texas have the plant, and close indian point which is too close and too susceptible to danger.
i think the media should raise this question in ny, and allow citizens to educate themselves about the risk of a nuclear plant so close

Friday, March 11, 2011

reading the news is depressing...but it doesn't have to be

the world is such a scary place. and media just can't get enough bad. everyday reading the news and listening to the radio makes me feel sorry for the whole world. i wonder if news channels wouldn't be successful if they had one show a week that was positive. i don't think people are so bad hungry that they would mind it. i think if news channels were to broadcast positive news it would have a tremendous impact on society.
tal ben shachar a professor at harvard who teaches positive psychology tried to get news networks to broadcast good news. the networks wouldnt even hear him out.
i think it's time to share the good.
i am sick of hearing about fiscal problems, and unemployment. it just makes me feel helpless and sad when i read about people who are suffering because i cant really do anything to help them. i dont want to hear about wars and scandals because it just desensitizes me. i dont want to see images of refineries on fire in japan. or about all the murders that are being committed.
i want positive news. i think if people saw positive news, it would make them positive. and the more positive you become, the more positive your outlook. and that will trickle into everything. maybe if everyone realized how great and beautiful the world is and not scary and dangerous it can be then they (the people) would appreciate the world better. maybe there would even be world peace. governments would get along and no-one would want to fight and put our beautiful in danger.
i hope soon, i wish tomorrow, that news channels will start to broadcast good deeds, and that there will be a sort of pay it forward system amongst people.
if we do have to continue to read about awful and tragic events, there should be a humanitarian option mentioned at the bottom of each story.

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Keller uncensored sort of

an article on yahoo news just stated that the new york times is joining the ranks of newspapers putting up a paywall in order to survive. a disgruntled former journalist complained about getting the next days news for free at 1130 pm on the web and having to pay for a more pathetic print edition which arrives hours later. i thought it was interesting that the king of newspapers, the grey lady is finally giving in.
will print go out of fashion completely? will that change what a newspaper is?
i was just reading an article in vanity fair about how people are getting fed up with Piers Morgan and want to "return" him. maybe newspapers will survive because people are sick of television.
hold on to your papers a little longer.... maybe the light at the end of the tunnel is brighter than it seemed

Thursday, March 3, 2011

UN

I was just reading an article on the WSJ website, about how food prices have risen 2.2% in February from January prices. the UN thinks it's a problem, they don't have a solution, but they think this is a problem. doesn't that seem the case with everything at the UN? what is it that they do? besides hold conferences, bash Israel, and get American money and troops invested in bad situations?
why do we need the UN again?
i think it's time the nations of the world realized that this organization is a crock.
do they really expect Muammar Gaddafi, a certifiable mad-man and murderer- to show up at the Hague on SUSPICIONS of war crimes?
i think its time nations of the world either got real and got rid of the UN, or the organization grew a back bone and actually did good.
i vote the former. an organization that is so blind that they elected M. Achmadinejad to their womens rights council is a bad organization.
thoughts?