monday's musing
Last week's comments and ensuing discussions were so fascinating and thought provoking - thank you all! So I have more, because once you get me started on the media, it's difficult to stop me. ;)
"If we choose, we can live in a world of comforting illusion." - Noam Chomsky
The end of an illusion about one aspect of news coverage came to me in a media ethics class, one of my very favorites with a terrific teacher. We were discussing the people behind the camera lens, and the professor said: "Do you all remember the footage of people drowning after that plane crashed into the Potomac?" We all nodded. Even though it had been years and years before, none of us could ever forget the images of people floundering for their lives in the icy water. "Did you ever think about the fact that the cameraperson chose to film the scene rather than try to help the victims?" We all stopped and stared open-mouthed. It had never occurred to any of us.
posted by Romi at 2:34 PM
2 Comments:
WOW! Likewise... never ever considered this fact.
That really makes you stop and think for a moment. As far as comforting illusions - I think far too many people live behind comforting illusions. We don't like coming face to face with difficult things and prefer to believe they don't involve us and are someone else's problem. Think how great things would be if we all just helped one other person when they needed it?
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