There has been a lot of talk over the last year or two about the end of the work as predicted by the Mayan calendar in 2012 and of course this means the media has picked up on it. It’s a good story. Violence always sells, so what could be better than enough violence and destruction to kill everyone on earth. Ive seen shows on the discovery channel, im watching a show on the history channel right now called “seven signs of the apocalypse” in which they try to convince the view that all the events we see today are signs of the end times.
One bit of evidence they try and use is that we are witnessing more and more natural disasters than ever before, but are we really? Are we victims to more earth quakes than ever before, or does it just seem that way because we hear about every single one now. 100 years ago you could probably go your entire life without ever hearing about an earth quake in china, now though you hear if there’s a car accident in china. By the mass media showing us more and more of the bad that happens every day, it seems like there is more.
The mass media loves to show the bad. The worse something is the more entertaining it is. Some media is promoted just by the idea that it is hard to watch. (for example no one wants to see the movie human centipede for the great plot, the whole reason is because its suppose to be the most disgusting movie ever). This is why the media talks about 2012 so much, but in reality the mayan calendar was never suppose to end the world, its actually suppose to be a great thing. a rebirth of the world. The media doesn’t say that though.
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