Media sensationalism

man am i sick and tired of all that the media covers. from being a petty issue it turns around and erupts like a volcano. and man most losers continue seeing it day after day until the media only stops. have a few cases in mind which transpired just recently.

shah rukh's detention at newark airport
swine flu
a not so recent case but a very important one which initiated this debate of sensationalism--- aarushi murder case

when the home minister of a country, honourable mr. chidambaram starts commenting about srk's detention and his detention gets a coverage comparable to the country's independence day celebrations then the media is actually suffering from a lack of issues. what did not happen--- debates, opinion polls, interviews with ministers and celebrities. i mean it carried on and on and on... the man in question himself said that he did not want an apology. he also agreed that they were following procedure although the incident could have been avoided. i mean when even their people like al gore who by the way is their ex-vice president and a nobel laureate is not exempt through security then is shah rukh khan more important than him. its good that america is careful and vigilant. no attacks have taken place there since 9/11 because of their precautions. the other day i read that even kennedy (do not know which one though) was not allowed to board an aircraft as someone had taken his identity. the security people got suspicious and did not let him through.
i am perturbed because this was noticed on account of one celebrity but people do not care about thousands more who go through these procedures on a daily basis.

the second issue is the swine flu one. i mean counting each and every death, reporting the cases. what is wrong. every second a person is dying due to some disease or road accident but the people dying due to swine flu get the latest coverage. yes its a pandemic and initial coverage was important to inform the people but i think they overdid it.

and i do not need to say much about the aarushi murder case. guess everyone heard about it and read about it and slept on it... the way a dead girl was butchered should be learnt from our lovely news feeders. they insulted her parents, made a mockery of the girl's life, cast aspersions on her morality and maligned the family's reputation until finally it turned out the father was innocent. i think this occurrence was one of the originating point of this huge debate about the media's role and influence. people were angry. how could they be shown such wrongful images? every day intimate details about the family came onto channels to feed the ever hungry and gossip-mongering people of this country. i think only a handful thought that what was happening had become obscene (and am proud to say that i was among those who felt the same).

just want to add that the media has to learn to respect the privacy of people, show news as it is and deliberate on topics relevant to our society in general. full stop. they need to deal with the devils of society rather than creating ones with ceaseless coverage.