In 2009 elections in Iran were disputed and protestors took to the streets.  One was a woman named Neda, Neda in arabic means "the calling" a single shot to her chest took her life and a bystander with a cell phone captured her last moments.  Speculation and anger over who ordered that shot and why was this action perpetrated by those in power.  It sounds like a hollywood movie and sadly her story will probably be exploited buy the one percent for the masses entertainment and to increase their wealth. I was glued to aljazeera live stream of the protest around tahrir square when the people other through Hosni Mubarak.  I am still sad that the live stream is no longer available in this area.  My cynical nature likes to speculate that it the government censoring us but my economic nature takes over and its more likely they no longer wanted to be a free stream and wanted viewers to pay to watch.  Press tv is a live stream i find interesting at times.  It is ran by a news agency in Iran and their coverage of events in the middle east is often similar and quite different from the CNN/Fox news reports.

I thinks its safe to say that one the most watched news are sports related.  ESPN airs show sport center that caters to the twenty four hour seven days a week public craze for new informations with regards to their cherished teams and players.  The super bowl and world cup are two of the highest rated events of the year.  The oscars, golden globes, state of the union are all events that capture the public eye but I would bet the Kentucky Derby had a higher T.V. rating.  The internet and social media has provided the public a new way to share and experience news.

Recently I have paid more attention to the news that is being reported and the news that doesn't get reported.  Over memorial day weekend there was almost one hundred shooting incidents in Chicago.  The people who live there have asked for the national guard to patrol the streets and yet the main media story over the memorial day weekend was at a zoo and a four year old boy who fell in the gorilla pit and ultimately led to that gorilla being shot and the child being "rescued." I understand that the editors have a tough decision when they get so many news stories and they need to pick which ones to show.  I see the appeal of showing a gorilla and child and how it is news that would fall into the safe category, not controversial, almost all the audience will feel the same way towards the story, there will not be an outcry of injustice and fuel racial prejudices. So I see why the news is airing what it is but I do not agree with it.