Are CNN and FOX making passengers crazy?
05-03-2017 | 03:18 PM
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No one is forcing us to watch or be on social media 24/7 but many are. Is it contributing to today's problems? I don't know but my opinion is it can't help.
I was first exposed to 24/7 news during the first Gulf War. I was in high school and they set up a tv in the cafeteria and allowed "concerned" students to skip class and watch. I was 16 and something in the back of my head said, "this can't be good" (ref 24/7 immersion in a subject).
Fast forward 12 or so years. I'm living in SYR flying for a commuter and a girl I was dating showed me that social media site that came before Facebook, I think it was MySpace. Thinking back now the same voice in the back of my head said the same thing.
I was first exposed to 24/7 news during the first Gulf War. I was in high school and they set up a tv in the cafeteria and allowed "concerned" students to skip class and watch. I was 16 and something in the back of my head said, "this can't be good" (ref 24/7 immersion in a subject).
Fast forward 12 or so years. I'm living in SYR flying for a commuter and a girl I was dating showed me that social media site that came before Facebook, I think it was MySpace. Thinking back now the same voice in the back of my head said the same thing.
05-03-2017 | 08:51 PM
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I'm like everybody else trying to figure out the rash of violence onboard airplanes in the news recently.
I started to wonder if it's not starting in the gatehouse.
I know in Atlanta, when you're sitting at the gate, it's almost impossible not to watch or listen to the CNN broadcast on the overhead screens. Some people love it, some people don't. I think it might be unnecessarily divisive just prior to takeoff.
Regardless of the politics of our passengers or which news outlet each airport chooses to air, there is a general consensus the news media has become significantly more partisan and polarizing than it ever has been. (Probably not something that is going to help right before you stuff 200 people into a metal tube).
My question is this: why are we subjecting our passengers to material that is at least going to be objectionable to half of them and at worst be potentially the first link in a chain leading to an incident of cabin rage once they get on the airplane?
Is there something else we could replace media programming with that would help passengers start their journey in a better frame of mind than divisive politics?
I suggest reruns of Baywatch, but am open to other (apolitical) ideas.
I started to wonder if it's not starting in the gatehouse.
I know in Atlanta, when you're sitting at the gate, it's almost impossible not to watch or listen to the CNN broadcast on the overhead screens. Some people love it, some people don't. I think it might be unnecessarily divisive just prior to takeoff.
Regardless of the politics of our passengers or which news outlet each airport chooses to air, there is a general consensus the news media has become significantly more partisan and polarizing than it ever has been. (Probably not something that is going to help right before you stuff 200 people into a metal tube).
My question is this: why are we subjecting our passengers to material that is at least going to be objectionable to half of them and at worst be potentially the first link in a chain leading to an incident of cabin rage once they get on the airplane?
Is there something else we could replace media programming with that would help passengers start their journey in a better frame of mind than divisive politics?
I suggest reruns of Baywatch, but am open to other (apolitical) ideas.
I've never seen anything other than CNN on airport TVs. I would vote for reruns of Bob Ross.
05-03-2017 | 09:43 PM
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If that's the case, maybe we're underserving half the market. It's pretty obvious CNN only appeals to about half the public. It's often offensive to the other half.
If we are a business industry, why are we alienating half the customers before boarding?
05-05-2017 | 05:18 AM
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Oh and all the libertarian voters as well. They smell and are always trying to convince me to run Linux on my laptop.
05-05-2017 | 06:21 AM
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I don't think it's about trump supporters or clinton supporters. I think the business model of 24/7 media is unnecessarily divisive.
You might wake up in a good mood without much concern. But when you're sitting at the gate, waiting for your flight, you're exposed to how we're all doomed because of terrorism and climate change.
You're also bombarded with how screwed up everything is due to the ignorance or greed of the idiots that vote for the other party. And there's probably one of those idiots sitting right next to you!
The news makes more money by getting everybody riled up. That's just not good before people board a flight.
You might wake up in a good mood without much concern. But when you're sitting at the gate, waiting for your flight, you're exposed to how we're all doomed because of terrorism and climate change.
You're also bombarded with how screwed up everything is due to the ignorance or greed of the idiots that vote for the other party. And there's probably one of those idiots sitting right next to you!
The news makes more money by getting everybody riled up. That's just not good before people board a flight.
