Just a slight digression for a Wednesday afternoon. Caught a piece of CNN over the weekend. (I really only flip through to see what they’re fixating on at a given moment. I’m not a viewer.) They were looping cell phone video of a gun battle between Iraqi forces and terrorists in Najaf. At least that’s what the banner told me. The video was one giant blur with people yelling in Arabic. For all we know it could have been 8 guys having a water balloon fight in the desert. Is CNN really that pathetic that they’ll just throw up any incoherent blur that can be associated with violence? I know, I answered my own question.
When we get to this point it feels an awful lot like war porn. Anything to feed the monster of ratings in order to portray strife, chaos, and disorder. The poor bastards at CNN know they’re competing against websites like YouTube and Consumption Junction for the snuff film audience. It’s a competition they know they’re going to lose. My prediction? At some point in the future CNN will introduce some sort of “prime” or “restricted” website where the can display all of their violence porn, hoping to get a piece of the game.
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