Why isn't every news-site home page wall-to-wall Oil-Spill coverage right now?

[subsuelo]

This is the EARTH being raped by now. You know, Pachamama - the Giver of All Life. Mother-Earth!!!

The only Life-Giving planet in the universe that we know of, and we petty, selfish, incredibly STUPID humans are KILLING her and it seems to be mere business-as-usual on the corporate home pages. That is a crime against humanity in itself!!

"Oil disaster in the gulf" is in tiny little letters on Fox's home page.
CNN has a couple other stories taking most space, and I also get two huge Auto-Trader ads on their home page.

Fuck that!!! This is a disaster of MAJOR, epic proportions, and it continues as we speak!!

The Gulf of Mexico is DYING this very moment. Plants, ocean life, eco-systems - being DEVASTATED and destroyed!! I am beyond sickened at the actual fact of it, but also I am beyond appalled at the lack of coverage right now.

A real media would be filled with stories on oil-spill news, how to help, what can and should be done, how to keep up with ALL the minute-by-minute VERY LATEST.

Yet all I see is a story about Gordon Fucking Brown's resignation on every goddamn news home page.

It is beyond outrageous. The media at this point needs to be tried for collusion in the these current Crimes Against Mother Earth.

There isn't a smiley to adequately express my feelings on this but this one will have to do

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[Poll_Blind]

1. +1 for DAMNED GOOD QUESTION. n/t

PB

[tekisui]

2. Because the chemical dispersant worked.

They dispersed the important teevee image.

[jtrockville]

3. Same reason no one knows about the TVA Coal Ash spill.

The bought-and-paid-for-news-as-entertainment industry doesn't think it would be profitable to report it.

[QC]

4. That would not be pragmatic. n/t

[Name removed]

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[texastoast]

13. Bullshit

This is corporate governance in action.

As long as we put up with big ass corporations being in charge of politicians, the dollar will continue to rule.

I'm not defending Obama, but the further reduction of oil bidness regulation was bought and paid for by the likes of BP when shrub and The Dick were in office.

[Uncle Joe]

16. Have you heard about this? I still haven't gotten an answer.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=8308312&mesg_id=8313773

[texastoast]

23. Let me do some checking tomorrow

Got to be some pctures. I might have a line.

But I can see it in my mind, based on some land gushers I've seen. Awful to think of it in the deep blue sea.

[tekisui]

39. Your link goes to a deleted message.

[Uncle Joe]

46. It does now, me thinks the poster has moved on to the great beyond.

[texastoast]

51. No time today

But did you see this?

http://www.energyboom.com/policy/breaking-new-underwater-video-bp-oil-plume-largest-leak

[Uncle Joe]

52. Yes, I did but at first I thought it was either Deadeye Dick or Rush the Limp One, giving a speech.

[uponit7771]

26. Why do so many poeple hate America's government to the point of blaming it for everything?

[Rex]

6. Same reason there ain't wall-to-wall coverage - our two wars over seas.

America can't know about fuck ups or boo-boos, the M$M gets paid NOT to make big deals over certain issues and this is one of them. If they did it would be biting the hand that feeds them.

[Celebration]

7. yup, should be wall to wall coverage......................

And, it's not! They need to be seeking out more stories on this. One problem is that the news business is really, really superficial these days. They have cut back so much on expenses, reporters, etc. All they do is report what happens during the day--it is regurgitation, basically.

[madmax]

8. I've been on that rant for days

I'm furious! :banghead:

[bif]

9. Because American Idol is more important

People don't want real news. They want gossip and light crap. Plus who controls the media? The rich. They don't want you to hear about how they're fucking the planet over.

[Chipper Chat]

10. Out of side, out of mind.

Beck and Limbaugh will declare that all pictures of dead animals seen on the 'librull news stations' are fake. And not to worry.

[skeptical cynic]

11. Because an informed public promotes democracy.

Democracy conflicts with plutocracy.

[rudy23]

18. Bingo. I'm going to like you--welcome to DU!

Grab a helmet!

[Bluebear]

29. +++++++

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

12. Same reason why they're not covering the fact that Americans had lower

tax bills in 2009 than for any tax year since 1950. http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/taxes/2010-05-10-taxes_N.htm

Any news that looks favorable on the citizen and not on the corporation is the news that the M$M will *NOT* report.

And of course since Haliburton is directly involved in the oil spill, the M$M won't go near that story. Hence, the cover-up.

[WinkyDink]

22. I appreciate the tax generalization, but specifically? Not true at all for me!

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

24. Sorry WD. Maybe things will turn around next year. n/t

[Ruby the Liberal]

14. Its "old news" to our collective microwave mentality

There is nothing new for them to report. BP is talking about golf balls and shredded tires while dead marine life is beaching.

I would suspect that if it gets into the Loop current and starts washing ashore on the East Coast of Florida, we will hear about it again.

For now, I personally dig into the depths of the web looking for updates and continue to talk with salon owners and groomers about how they can help with the cleanup efforts. It is very frustrating.

[gratuitous]

15. Oh, it's just boring

Besides, we covered it last week.

[DURHAM D]

17. They are not talking about it because:

(1) They want the market to recover.

(2) They really need for us to keep shopping.

This a continuing disaster unlike anything that has ever happened to our planet but they don't want us to be afraid because we might stop paying our bills and spending money.

[Rex]

20. Ultimately I believe that to be true too.

Bad news is bad for 'business'. Why isn't their wall to wall coverage of Goldman Sachs fleecing of Greece or the 'fat finger' that caused the market to reboot?

[Odin2005]

19. Because the MSM's job isn't to report reality, it's to catapult Corporatist propaganda.

[WinkyDink]

21. Corporatism rules. It took Tweety only a decade to note that Cheney is an oil-man.

[Rectangle]

25. Nothing to see here-Move along now!!--What about the TIMES SQUARE

BOMBER???
Oh wait, this just in: Gordon Brown resigns-new UK Prime
Minister..............
:sarcasm: :sarcasm: :banghead: :grr:

[WinkyDink]

44. WE NEED MORE CAMERAS ON THE STREETS, NOT IN CORPORATE BOARDROOMS!

MORE SARCASM.

[customerserviceguy]

27. Isn't the spill pretty much still offshore?

It's tough to take pictures and video that drive modern news without soiled birds and beaches being cleaned.

Also, you're expecting way too much if you're waiting for Faux News to say diddly-squat about this.

[glitch]

28. The whole point of owning "mainstream" media is to require the active ignorance of corporate crime.

They haven't spent 40 years and billions of dollars aquiring the "mainstream" media to allow actual reporting of one of the biggest corporation-made catastrophes in history.

That's why some of us call it Corporate Media and definitely DO NOT go to it for news. It is only useful for determining spin. (As the Soviets would say about Pravda, if you read between the lines you can get a gist of what they are up to.)

:hug:

[malaise]

49. DIng ding

We have a winner

[Kablooie]

30. How can you say that the future of life on earth is more important than corporate profits?

Come on!

You're just being silly.

[pitohui]

31. i've never seen the "fox" home page, didn't know they had one...

it's getting full coverage at nola.com, which seems the logical home for following this disaster, god knows they have plenty of experience at disaster coverage

at a certain point, tho, people are being overwhelmed by the helplessness -- i have a lot of FEELINGS abt the oil spill but nothing v. useful to do w. those feelings

people want to volunteer but there is not enough need for people to do what volunteers can do, so everybody is just in limbo

technology is going to have to fix this one...hopefully soon...

[tavalon]

32. Because it is much worse than any one wants us to know

The media is complicit in keeping the masses distracted. If this were a small spill, it would be a ratings boon, but the powers that be want this to be downplayed because it's far worse than most can imagine.

[amborin]

34. the media

seems to be repeating admin talking points

such as the AP article calling the admin response "aggressive"

the admin is trying to keep its distance, and has issued 27 more exemptions.....

just hoping people's attention shifts elsewhere

[progressoid]

33. There is so much more important news.

For instance, Tyra Banks has a book deal!!1!

[Hissyspit]

35. Well, I posted this this morning and it only got nine recs.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8312258

[flamingdem]

36. Los Angeles Times today: NOT ONE MENTION OF THE SPILL grrrr nt

[Swamp Rat]

37. k&r

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[newtothegame]

38. No bad news when our history-making President is in office. nt

[ultracase24]

40. It is a disaster

one much bigger than BP or this administration will let on. Its criminal, literally.

[subsuelo]

45. Yes, it is absolutely criminal. (nt)

[Bryn]

41. They even claimed that death of turtles and dolphins "not related to oil"

WTF? :grr:

[readmoreoften]

42. Yes but what about Sandra Bullock's house? Or whether brown eggs are superior to white?

What are the 10 happiest cities in America?


These are the important news stories!!!!! :sarcasm:

[Hannah Bell]

43. because it's a huge disaster & fuck-up with many powerful perps, who don't want

attention drawn to that fact.

[glinda]

47. I CANNOT TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

[marions ghost]

48. Yes--how about some coverage about those most affected?

The people on the Gulf Coast must think everyone's forgotten.

I'd like to see some interviews with scientists and people who have studied oil disasters. Also let us hear some of the voices of distress like you see after hurricanes etc--the faces of the fishermen, the tourism-connected people etc. I'd like to hear the voices of the people who are being most adversely affected by this un-natural disaster.

[tomp]

50. you mean you don't know why?

come on, think hard.