Wal-Mart Shoppers

I was on Thanksgiving break in Florida when I glanced at the T.V in the living room and saw the headline. WAL MART SHOPPER CRUSHED IN BLACK FRIDAY MADNESS.

I thought it was a joke.

Then realized that it was all true. A crowd of shoppers actually became so excited about prices that they trampled a man to death.

"This is ridiculous" I thought. Then I realized, THIS is america.

Perhaps its harsh to blame the media for only showing us crass stories about brittany spears shaving her head and high-school girls getting pregnant, when that really is what's happening. We truly do live in a country with strange problems and perhaps the media is a mirror image of that society. We are the people that want to slow down when looking at a car accident, we are the people who listen for gossip and indulge in learning secrets. It is the corporate side of the media industry that caters to that aspect of our society. In order to make a profit they have to give us the latest scoop on a wal mart scandal, because thats what people will buy. 

so thats what the media is, a mirror into our desires. Yes a good majority of us want to read about politics and science but another large portion of the country loves to see movie stars go to rehab.And so many papers include articles about Obama and GPS but many papers also printed a story about a wal mart disaster.