The Media.

As most of us know, an 8.8 earthquake hit Chile early in the morning on Saturday. It triggered a Tsunami alert for nations and territories in the Pacific Ocean. Me and my parents were watching the news all day, because we have relatives in Hawaii. On the news they were saying how the earthquake in Chile was much stronger than the one in Haiti yet it didn't kill as many people. Then they said many Americans were stranded in Chile. It also said about ten thousand Americans lived in Chile. President Obama has offered help to the Chilean government, but although Chile was struck hard they do not need help at the moment. Of course everyone's doing the best they can to get the Americans back home safely.

It made me realise how the media can provide not only news, but feed fear. Me and my parents were paranoid because we were worried that my uncle would get caught in the tsunami. The media has had a history of causing panic like Y2K, where people frantically ran to grocery stores to stalk up on water thinking that all technology would end. When 2012 comes around, some news stations will probably make a big deal of it. Media not only revolves around newscasts. It involved movies, commercials, and radio. One of the recent films that was very popular was 'Avatar.' I can't really give my opinion since I didn't watch it. But I was reading some reviews online and one of them said that 'Avatar' could be considered racist. The movie is basically about an advanced civilization trying to take over a weaker one. In history we've seen many weaker civilizations being taken over by an advanced. The plot of the story was considered a bit racist, where a civilization depended on a "white" person. I'm not going to talk about the review so here's the link.

Does the media screw around? The slightest things could be taken as an offence. Like tall blue aliens, or simply when the media focuses on one single part of the story and not the rest. The media is a big part of our daily lives now a days. It's the easiest way to know what's going around the world and in other states such as Hawaii even though it's not part of the mainland. I'm pretty sure media will evolve as time goes on, but will it ever really change?