Showing posts with label Malaysian Airplane. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Malaysian Airplane. Show all posts

Saturday, August 1, 2015

Terminal Illness

No sooner had the piece of airplane wreckage been hauled to shore when the folks at CNN were all over it like buzzards on a carcass. Wolf Blitzer was absolutely salivating on screen, obviously overjoyed at the prospect of another week of nonstop speculation and navel-gazing over the missing Malaysian airplane.

I wrote about CNN's mental illness before regarding it's obsession with missing airplanes. It's a shame that its condition seems to have relapsed. Nobody watches CNN except those miserable people stuck in airport terminals waiting for their delayed flights. It makes sense for CNN to obsess over a story that air travelers would no doubt be interested in. It's merely catering to its captive audience.

Maybe one day, we'll obsess over other things.

Friday, March 28, 2014

Dead Air

It's really intriguing, the whole mystery surrounding that missing Malaysian airplane. A lot of questions are unanswered.

But I got to say though, all this non-stop media attention is irritating. It seems like it's the only thing the folks on CNN care about. Everyone in the media is hyping this up. It's excessive coverage past the point of exploitation. It's tragic but come on, do they have to entertain every "expert" and conspiracy nutjob out there?

Personally, I don't want to hear about it anymore, at least, not until all the facts are straight. It could take a really long time; time that this info-starved, instant, 24 hour news cycle world can't wait for. That's OK.

Or wait for the inevitable Hollywood cash-grab movie starring Liam Neeson.