media violence

When is violence too much violence? I think that the over exposure of violence in news recently has desensitized society on the whole. Now when someone blows up a building or shoots up a school we are almost accustomed to the images. It seems that the media takes the most shocking and gory footage they can get their grubby little hands on and broadcasts it to the world. Replaying the same image over and over searing it into the minds of the viewer. This desensitizes the viewer. This does not take into account the feeling of the victim. I myself am a private person and if something horrific were to happen to me I would not want the entire world to see me like that. No matter how newsworthy the story somethings need to be left to the imagination. The media needs to reevaluate their cause if it is truly in the public best interest and their right to know or if it is solely for the sake of viewers and ratings?