Huh, So this is what passes for a "Hero" these days

Well this thread and the amount of time you have spent discussing this topic says otherwise

I don't think this is anything new. And the media just cares about making money, so they will continue to report on things that cause controversy because that gets clicks.

 

I think you know that I've spent plenty of time on most controversial threads on this site, this one isn't any different.

I guess I'm just not of the mindset that if you ignore it, it will go away.

 

Well its probably not going to go away on main stream media simple because it is controversial and people freak out about this kind of stuff.

But I haven't seen or heard or watched any of the Jenner stuff on TV. The only time I read about it is either on message boards that I frequent or FB. And its always the same thing, people complaining about the attention it gets, while giving it attention themselves.

You can choose what information you consume.

 

Well obviously if you ignore it, it will go away in the media. Why would they report on something that gets low ratings? I agree Im tired of seeing him, but wasn't this story months ago? My facebook was blown up with "how come he gets it but a vet doesn't" BS. I didn't open your link, so might not be the award that you are referring to. But if so, you just revived a retired story. You are helping keep him interesting. The news wont go to BH.com and say "oh, these rednecks are mad about our story, and that's why they read it. We wont make another story".

 

Do you know hes estimated to make half a BILLION dollars off this change? Think I would do the same if I was him hahaha

 

If you didn't open the link, then you comments on this thread are just a complete waste of time, why would you even bother commenting without reading the article about how Jenner is possible being charges with vehicular manslaughter. This is not old news, this is new news. News that the media conveniently didn't cover during his run to the Arthur Ash Courage award.

I just find it depressing that we are continually force fed this crap from the media, while they gloss over the real issues we have in this country.

 

I knew about it the car incident. It was covered.

And like I said, this isn't 100% on the media. This is mostly on the consumer. Controversial stories get attention.

 

Why would I want to open a link and read an article on him? You are the one who is clearly interested. I have no interest. Yet you complain its in the media, while you support it and read the article.

 

Then why are you in this thread.

 

Because I love to tell crybabies to stop crying

 

So you resort to name calling. Classy.

 

How is it name calling? That's like calling a deer a deer. Youre crying about something, even better that you are crying about something that you yourself are supporting. You can take the sissy route and cry because I called you a baby also. Guess that's the American way these days. But it doesn't change the truth. You are supporting these stories, so they will keep writing them. Congratulations on your success, because of your support, more stories will be coming.

 

I started a threat to vent my frustration about the way things are going in this country. You call me a crybaby because I'm complaining about it. I'm trying to stay civil and not make anything personal, you clearly aren't so if you don't have anything productive to say, you really don't have any business commenting on this thread.

Since when is it a bad thing to discuss things that bother us. The beauty of a forum is the fact the you have the right not to participate if you don't like the topic.

 

Bunch of grown men arguing over a he/she and name calling. Thats pretty

 

Exactly what I have been. Its not my fault you are to sensitive that a small word hurt your poor feelings. Again, you are complaining about something you are supporting. How does that makes sense? How many anti hunters pick up a bow and go sit in a tree? Or even read about it? You can complain all you want, but you are helping their cause and it makes 0 sense Heck you even provided a link, to help support that specific media page. Sorry you get hurt easy, you have your complaint about America, that's mine. People are way to sensitive!!!!!!

 

Im very but for the record, I don't care about the he/she. The crying about him/her is sooooooo old though, and the more they do it, the more ratings he gets, and the more we will hear about it. Sorry for pointing out the truth, but its true.

 

This mess wasn't covered by the media (Jenner in general) because of ratings because most people don't care about the POS...it was covered (the issue of his gayness) because the media wants to push the narrative that it's cool and should be accepted. Ratings have nothing to do with that because you can't divide the news ratings out by each piece of coverage. If it were the case that it boosted the ratings then they would have given more attention to the accident when it happened.

 

The media cares about money. They really don't care about the social issues. "We" care about the social issues so the media pushes it.

You can certainly track which articles and videos are linked or clicked online.

 

I would agree with this, and it's kinda the point I was trying to make. Jenner was just the example I chose to use. The other point was that the media obviously knew of the accident and the ongoing investigation, yet they still used his story to push the narrative and continue to mold the minds of the low information crowd. You know who I'm talking about. The people that believe everything they see come across their Facebook feed and re-post it as fact.

 

Its all about ratings. If they don't cover stories that get attention, they wont get ratings. Most in this group don't care, but so many do. Not because of his athletic past, but because of the public transition, and because he is related to the Kardashians, another group that gets high ratings because so many care about them. No clue why, but that's not the point. People do. And that equals ratings. Ratings go down, advertising money goes down, media outlet goes down. Sure some cover topics they feel their audience would prefer. If the outdoor channel for example had a news show they probably wouldn't cover these stories. But, in main stream media, the topics are 100% based on ratings, the content may sway one way or another based on opinion, but the topic is covered to attract an audience, not push them away.