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[jfrancispastirchak]

In addition to patriotism, there is something called "respect" that this country seems to be losing. Sorry it was an inconvenience for you, Gringo Bandito.

How is it disrespectful to not continue to harp on something that happened years ago as if it is still a newsworthy event?

You are confused. Yes, you have a right to ignore the proceedings, but you also have an obligation to respect the rights of 9/11 mourners to publicly grieve their losses. These courageous survivors seek closure in the wake of an indescribably horrible crime for which there will never be satisfactory justice.

Marginalizing 9/11, a day you claim is no longer "a newsworthy event..." betrays your ignorance. As famed philosopher George Santayana wrote, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it". Please note that Santayana, a lifelong citizen of Spain, so embraced our country's values that "(he) identified himself as an American" (Wikipedia).

In the course of events "that happened years ago", 3000 human beings, including grandpas and grandmas, fathers, mothers and children, were slaughtered, many by incineration, at the hands of homocidal maniacs touting a twisted slogan of hatred against America. This, my confused patriot, qualifies 9/11 as a legitimate news story, even today.

Yes, 9/11 "is still a newsworthy event", for, as Santayana also wrote, "Only the dead have seen the end of the war".

You confuse newsworthy with historical. There is no news being made about an event from 11 years ago. I just don't see the need to drop everything and air the exact same memorial services that have been held for the last 11 years.

Then don't watch.

 

[Wildstyle K]

Remember, respect...absolutely.

But tell me what is the value of running the hour/two-hour long videos of the WTC getting hit, bodies falling, and dead fellow public safety workers?

I work in this business, trust me not a DAY GOES BY where we forget 9/11/2001. Many of us were there, or know someone who was, or worse yet one of the 343 who did not make it back to quarters after the initial dispatch.

There is NO VALUE in showing repeated, horrific images for hours on end on prime time TV at this point. Do you think the families of our fallen brothers and sisters need to see this shit all over television as if they haven't had their lives turned upside down enough? Can't the media put down their vulture culture soda for ONE DAY to allow these people to have peace? Isn't this what it is SUPPOSED to be about?

Broadcast a story on the many memorials, fine. A moment of silence on all TV networks at the times of impact would have been fine- respectful, tasteful and with dignity.

There is no dignity to those murdered by constantly showing the hundreds of hours of "as it happened" video like the ABC/History Channel and countless others TV networks did. I am sick of these people using my fellow fallen brother and sister public safety workers bloody end as another excuse to sell crap for corporate America. Not to mention this only serves to desensitize people to the events that took place.

If someone has a desire to see these hours of video, go on YouTube and eat your sick heart out gazing like a rubber neck at the thousands of hours of video available from every friggin camera in NYC and DC that was rolling. Whatever floats your twisted boat.

But please, don't think for a minute these corporate broadcasters give a rat's ass about the families of the victims of this tragedy, if they did they would not be trying to capitalize on it 11 years later.

(How about some REAL news, like the countless numbers of volunteers and mutual aid responders who to this DAY have died, or are sick, from working at Ground Zero. Let's talk about what a disservice we have done to them not providing the same health care we give these fat senators who suck up their Medicaid oxygen while ignoring those who do the REAL work of the people driving ambulances and pumper trucks instead of driving cushy desks. Oh wait, that's boring and no one cares...)

VERY WELL DONE!

 

[jfrancispastirchak]

(How about some REAL news, like the countless numbers of volunteers and mutual aid responders who to this DAY have died, or are sick, from working at Ground Zero. Let's talk about what a disservice we have done to them not providing the same health care we give these fat senators who suck up their Medicaid oxygen while ignoring those who do the REAL work of the people driving ambulances and pumper trucks instead of driving cushy desks. Oh wait, that's boring and no one cares...)

That final paragraph should earn you a metal of honor. Thanks for standing up and giving voice to the plight of those 9/11 volunteers and responders betrayed by our nation's twisted beaurocracy!

 

[MRFLASHPORT]

MrFlashPort - your points are valid. There is something sick and obscene about showing the carnage over and over. Kind of like showing a Muslim beheading repeatedly. But if it takes doing that to get people to recognize what happened, then we have to do it. The films of Pearl Harbor show shops burning with men still trapped inside. There is film of the landings in Normandy where you see soldiers fall. We can't insultate ourselves from all the horror. If that is the best an outlet can do to re-ignite pride and American spirit, then I suppose we have to do it.

Let me reiterate, I see no problem with covering memorials, I think they should be broadcast, and I think anyone who can should at least give a moment of silence for those who sacrificed so we can even be here to have this discussion.

However, showing hours of carnage is tasteless and serves no purpose. I would have HOPED that we would have progressed a little further in our evolution as a society not to have to watch these barbaric acts over and over to appreciate the gravity of the loss. Furthermore, I think it serves the opposite effect of igniting our sense of patriotism, if anything, it has the opposite effect with many.

Most of all it is outright disrespectful to the families of the victims, both civilians and public service. I am sure if you asked any of them, the majority would NOT want to see their loved ones' last minutes on repeat play for hours on end on every media outlet, especially using such material to sell ads.

It's just plain sick, insensitive and proof of how corporate media can act like a rabid animal. Enough is enough.