So how long is the media milking Haiti?

[quinnox]

I am watching CNN and they are sill covering Haiti with wall to wall coverage. I can understand a couple days of coverage but this is getting ridiculous, its been a week later and they are still covering it all the time.
Maybe I'm the only one but I don't need to see 24/7 coverage of Haiti any more, time to move on to other stories.

[tekisui]

1. Turn off your teevee if it is bothering you.

Seriously, there is little going on right now that is of greater import.

[Bragi]

2. Sigh /nt

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. It even knocked the Harry Reid NegroGate off the front pages, too.

oy........:sarcasm:

[Uncle Joe]

4. I heard Tiger Woods hooked up with Balloon Boy's mama, does anyone know if that's true?

:shrug:

[tekisui]

6. We could use some updates on how dead Michael Jackson

still is. He got more coverage than Haiti, really.

[Hello_Kitty]

9. tekisui FTW!!!

I have no problem with the amount of coverage on Haiti. It's a disaster of epic proportions that warrants substantial coverage.

[onehandle]

5. Tens of thousands of people died in a matter of moments.

With tens of thousands dying later and yet to die.

So I get the coverage.

But don't worry. The Massachusetts election may wipe Haiti off the media map.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

7. 200,000 dead in a country he have a lot of history with, and US leading the relief?

Sounds like a story to me.

[Arugula Latte]

8. Yeah, 200,000 dead, tens of thousands homeless and injured

one of the worst disasters in human history. Unprecedented challenges in getting basic essentials to people starving, dying of thirst and severely wounded. Profound implications for the future...Buuuuuut, you're over it. Ho hum. So, CNN, I guess it's time to move along.

:sarcasm:

[DesertFlower]

10. put on MSNBC.

they're talking about the election, but i still want to know what's going on in haiti.

[Forkboy]

11. What an asshole.

Of course, that's old news as well.

[malaise]

12. This is the worst disaster in our hemisphere

in living memory.

[Posteritatis]

13. It's almost as if it's important or something. (nt)

[EFerrari]

14. I hope people stop dying so you can get on with your life.

[Matariki]

15. stop thinking of the news as entertainment

Haiti is going to need aid to rebuild and that will take months, years probably. Keeping this in the news is good for Haiti.

That's far more important than whether you are personally bored by the coverage.

[Xithras]

16. People are still dying, the situation is still worsening, but you want to "move on"...

Thank you for the brilliant example of what's so wrong with America today. The real world, including humanitarian disasters, can't always be conveniently scheduled, and shouldn't be pushed off the air simply because some people are BORED with the story. Human beings are starving to death. The flesh is rotting from the bodies of the living because they can't get the most basic of antibiotics. Children are dying beneath piles of rubble because there aren't enough people to dig them out. Criminals are raping and assaulting people in refugee camps because the U.N. and US military are more interested in protecting buildings than people.

Keeping the worlds attention on the situation is NOT a bad thing. Covering it as if it's one of the most important events on the planet at the moment, which it IS, is NOT inappropriate. I haven't yet heard a single story, from the healthcare debate to the election in Mass, which is actually more important. People dying trumps politics any day.

[Nye Bevan]

17. Go to Google News and click on the stories that interest you

Why watch CNN if you want to choose which stories you would like to follow as opposed to having someone choose them for you?

[secondwind]

18. AW,COME ON NOW!! What a horrible OP.......and you bother youself to type it out ....unbelievable

[quinnox]

20. Why so serious

Wow, I post an idle thought and people go beserk.

Whether or not its on the news doesn't mean anything as to what happens in Haiti.

Maybe I think its disgusting that CNN and others are using Haiti to get ratings!

[Forkboy]

21. Ah, the old "it was only a joke" gambit.

:eyes:

[Dogmudgeon]

25. "... people go berserk"

On DU?

Are you seriously saying that on DU, people go berserk over trivial remarks?

I am SHOCKED ... SHOCKED, I tell you!

Shirley, you jest!

--d!

[Posteritatis]

29. Probably because your idle thought was extraordinarily vile. (nt)

[quinnox]

31. yea, and I'm sure you

are a Saint! I beg your forgiveness.

[Posteritatis]

33. Don't have to be a saint to call a spade a spade. (nt)

[Terra Alta]

19. perhaps because this is the worst natural disaster

within the past 100 years, except maybe for the 2004 earthquake/tsunami.

Time to move on? Yeah, tell that to the thousands of people still buried and dying in the rubble.. and their families.. the families of those hundreds of thousands who have died and to those who are still suffering.

Did you get this upset with the wall-to-wall coverage of Michael Jackson's death last year.. coverage that lasted a MONTH if not longer...?

You don't want to see coverage of Haiti.. then turn the fucking channel and quit whining.

[quinnox]

23. Yes I would say the same thing about Michael Jackson

coverage.

Guess what, the cable networks are milking the Haiti coverage for RATINGS. And why is that so decent? It is disgusting to take advantage of tragedy for ratings sake.

[Terra Alta]

32. oh, FFS.

this isn't about "ratings". The Michael Jackson coverage was about ratings... the coverage about Haiti is to keep people informed.

Many Americans -- especially right-wingers -- have short attention spans and would conveniently forget about Haiti if not for all the coverage on CNN, Faux, and MSNBC. Out of sight, out of mind, so to speak. If all the Haiti coverage convinces more people to donate, give blood, or help out in any way possible, I'm all for it.

But you're bored with all the Haiti coverage, so hey, let's just screw 'em and move on. :eyes:

[nadinbrzezinski]

27. Current death estimates and second wave

It could get there easy... and it is amazing to me... I did not expect this to be that bad.

[Codeine]

35. Mr. Pedantic points out

that there have been worse natural disasters in the last 100 years. In '30 or '31 two or three million people (maybe more) died in China from a flood. In 1970-ish a half-million people died in a cyclone in Bangladesh.

I suspect Haiti earthquake casualties will end up equalling or surpassing the tsunami figures. :(

[muriel_volestrangler]

22. Yeah, I think we can conclude you're the only one (nt)

[FarCenter]

24. In the foreign press web sites, Haiti is no longer the top story

Farther down the page there will be a couple of stories updating the situation.

[stray cat]

26. Are you ready for the US to go back to extreme self-absorption?

[myrna minx]

28. Yep, I think you're the only one. n/t

[bigwillq]

30. You can choose to turn off the TV

if this bothers you so much. Just think: You could be at the bottom of all that rubble. Be happy that you aren't and that you're free to click the up and down button on your remote. Cheers.
Unrec

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

34. Our local news has an article

about a local ice festival. The ice carvings are in danger of melting if the temps get up to predicted levels.

Maybe the national media should focus on a melting block of ice to take our minds off real news.

:hi:

[redwitch]

36. WHAT?

One of the worst natural disasters in recorded history AND YOU'RE BORED??????