Sunday, September 13, 2009

Strong vs. Weak "News"

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/13/india.boy.thrown.train/index.html

This article is about a boy being thrown off a moving train, by a guard who was collecting money as bribe money. Don't get me wrong there is most definitely a soft spot in my heart for this young boy and the problems with corrupt government in India is quite terrible, but how many stories a day are there everyday about someone dying, being eaten or being crushed by a bus? Way to many, I just do not understand why our country has to focus on the negative like it is all that is out there. News was created to keep us warned if anything really horrible was happening. For example a serial killer is going around door to door in a certain neighborhood and killing everyone, so stay in your house or a natural disaster.. So to conclude that I believe we should have more positive news!

http://current.com/1d95u4c

Ok so this article is about Guy Labliberte, the man behind the wonderful Cirque du Soleil, going to space to raise global awareness of water conservation and other issues. The main reason this is all happening is because this man is passionate about everyone having clean drinkable water. The awareness is not only coming from Guy Labliberte, it is also coming from earth, where a large show is going to be performed throughout fourteen cities in the world.
I think that this article is so wonderful and positive. I think that it is really important to raise awareness over this matter because it seems we so easily forget that certain countries still do not have clean drinkable water. It is sad and we do forget because we live fast busy lives. That is just how it is. So it is refreshing to hear of people raising more awareness, everyone is trying hard and I hope to hear more articles like this on Fox News or CNN. Would that be the day. The News is one of the most powerful ways to get people to listen and it is being jaded by everything negative, I say we use it to become a powerful nation together and fix all the terrible injustices!

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