Terror porn 9/11

[Michaelangelica]

Terror porn
The press here is is going berserk with programmes on the 9/11 anniversary.
Does anyone else out there find this offensive?
Haven't we seen enough?

Do we need to scare ourselves more?
My 86 YO mother -in-law is already terrified by the radio "shock-jocks"
She lives in fear of a Terrorist attack in her home in a remote Sydney suburb.

Am I alone or do others feel this is voyeurism at its worst?

It is like a huge TA game of "Isn't it awful"
Some programmes on in the next few days:-

911: In Plane Site
Time: 11.00
Channel: 10
Duration: 90 Minutes


The official story of that day in 2001 was told on live TV by reporters, police officers, firefighters and other on-the-scene eyewitnesses, however, some footage was shown once and never repeated.
Real Life

PG, adult themes


The Path to 9/11 - Part 1
Time: 8.30
Channel: 7
Duration: 200 Minutes


Dramatised account of the lead-up and aftermath to the day that changed the world. The 9/11 Commission tries to determine how such an attack could happen and from behind the closed doors of the CIA, FBI and the White House, we join the manhunt for the terrorists responsible.
M, adult themes, violence, language



The Path To 9/11 - Part 2
Time: 9.30
Channel: 7
Duration: 145 Minutes


The FBI's counter-terrorism expert continues to probe, but meets obstacles at every turn. He runs afoul of the US Ambassador in Yemen and clashes with the CIA over the lack of shared information. Meanwhile, Al-Qaeda terrorists continue to avoid the surveillance radar.
M, violence, adult themes

* Invisible 9/11 victims: the unborn
Stress over the 2001 attacks apparently triggered
hundreds of miscarriages if not more, studies have
found.

http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/060901_911.htm

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[Boerseun]

Yep. Can't agree with you more. I wonder if there is anybody who haven't seen those planes crashing into the World Trade Center. And this constant repetition have probably made that particular footage the most watched images in history.

[Chacmool]

You make an excellent point, Michaelangelica. I'm tired of these images being shoved into my face everywhere I go. I don't need to see a shocking picture (repeatedly) to know something terrible happened. I wonder if the victims' families don't feel that their loved ones are being exploited for cash, sensational journalism and obscene curiosity.

[Tormod]

I agree it is overdone. However, every time I see one of those planes crash into a tower I am reminded why terrorism is a Very Bad Idea.

[ronthepon]

We cannot afford to allow a reduction in the magnitude of ... 'dislike' that we have against terrorism.

However, the fact remains that it is being sensationalised. It a problem with modern media.

[InfiniteNow]

I love the thread title, and agree that it's being used more for ratings than memorial. Strangely, I am finding myself still getting emotional watching and listening to the various stories... like there's some emotional gravity well pulling me toward a point of sadness.

On the way to work this morning, I got upset listening to NPR airing a woman talk about the loss of her ex-husband, father of her children, and how he called her from the 103rd floor to say good-bye.


http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...toryId=5784423

Morning Edition, September 8, 2006 · The StoryCorps oral history project hopes to collect at least one recording from the families of each of the nearly 3,000 people who lost their lives in the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

The following stories, and others like them, will soon be housed at the World Trade Center Memorial Museum. Many of the recordings will come from the StoryCorps booth that opened at the World Trade Center site in 2005.

The recordings are also being housed in the Library of Congress.

[Loricybin]

interesting thread, and a good observation.
this is the sort of reason for which i avoid the media.

Originally Posted by the news

some sports, weather, and 70 reasons to fear being alive.
all this and more, at 11.

i'll take ignorant bliss in matters like current events.
the events in my life, right here, mean enough to me.

[pgrmdave]

On the way to work this morning, I got upset listening to NPR airing a woman talk about the loss of her ex-husband, father of her children, and how he called her from the 103rd floor to say good-bye.

I listened to that too...it was quite a sad tale - I'm impressed that she was able to keep a (mostly) calm voice through it.

[CraigD]

Though likely obvious to most US residents, it bears pointing out that an important difference between the period around 9/11/2006 and 9/11/2005, which I recall having less “terror porn”, is that on 11/7/2006, US voters elect state and federal legislators (senators and representatives in the US Congress).

Several polls show that, as a result of the 11/06 elections, the Republican party may lose its majority in one or both houses of Congress (the Senate and the House of Representatives). In recent US legislatures, the members of the 2 political parties that dominate the federal government (the Republican and Democratic parties) have tended to vote along party lines on important legislation, so a change in the party holding the majority of seats in either house is of great significance. The current US executive, President George W. Bush, is a Republican.

The Republican party has a reputation of being stronger on antiterrorism and national defense than the Democratic. Many large entertainment and news media companies are owned and run by people who support the Republican party. I believe that these people are increasing the amount of “terror porn” in an effort to sway public opinion in favor of the many Republicans up for election in November.

[Eclogite]

Originally Posted by Michaelangelica

Am I alone or do others feel this is voyeurism at its worst?

It is only voyeurism if you watch it.

This is not a trite, throwaway line, but a statement that, for me, lies at the heart of dealing with terrorism. Ignore it. Any other course of action represents a victory for the terrorists.