Is the media too hungry??

One thing about the media is that it is always the first to report when something tragic, wonderful, suspicious, intriguing, or just entertaining unfolds. Well, recently I fell like the media just likes to grab any sort of attention with false “just in” news.

Well, on March 17th news hit that British actress Natasha Richardson was dead. The Time Out New York published an article saying that the actress was officially deceased. After their story was released the oh..so famous “ha ha” Perez Hilton got a hold of the news and he then went on to write on his blog that Natasha was indeed dead.

Fact of the matter is that she wasn’t dead at all and the newspaper had “heard” from a source the wrong information.

Why do the media love to thrive on these horrible events? I understand if it has to do with our country, but the fact that it was a young woman, mother, wife and talented actress I just think it is horrific that the media wants to somehow reap benefits from a horrible tragedy like this.

I feel like the media just wants to have anything to talk about and in that sense it will go with stories that may not even be true. The media is like a herd of hungry wolves just circling its prey waiting for the next tragedy.