http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2016-07-11-shake-of-the-crisis-addiction-give-up-the-media-meds/#.V4SlddJ97IU
Quote : "Instead, with each news event, the facts are drowned in opinions, most of them aimed to adrenalise us to the point of addiction. The whole media cycle is like some drunken middle-class dinner party where we feel we have to contribute so we all wade in wielding our weightiest words. And as we terrorise each other it starts to feel so real, we end up believing it must be real. It isn?t. It is just hype.
We are addicted to crisis ? and every single one of us who writes, talks or presents that fiction is responsible. So let?s go cold turkey, and let?s trust the facts.
Who knows ? we may just make the world feel a little bit safer, and I for one would be really, really grateful. DM. " Unquote
Food for thought?
Quote : "Instead, with each news event, the facts are drowned in opinions, most of them aimed to adrenalise us to the point of addiction. The whole media cycle is like some drunken middle-class dinner party where we feel we have to contribute so we all wade in wielding our weightiest words. And as we terrorise each other it starts to feel so real, we end up believing it must be real. It isn?t. It is just hype.
We are addicted to crisis ? and every single one of us who writes, talks or presents that fiction is responsible. So let?s go cold turkey, and let?s trust the facts.
Who knows ? we may just make the world feel a little bit safer, and I for one would be really, really grateful. DM. " Unquote
Food for thought?
