I totally get tired of all the business reporting on the radio. I like listening to NPR when they’re doing interesting things like All Things Considered, but sometimes it’s like all money, all the time. So fine, when “Market Watch” comes on I change the station.
But this morning, there was this interesting news from Turkey. The vote for President is undecided and there have been voting boycotts. Almost a million people rioted against the candidacy of a conservative Muslim, fearing their secular identity is at risk. So what was the headline on the radio? “Markets in Turkey dropped more than 8% in response to anxiety about…”
This wasn’t the financial news. This was the lead story on the international news segment.
“Markets dropped eight percent”? Not “Protestors filled the streets” or “Turkey’s government in a showdown” or something, y’know, about the story? It’s as if the only way to present news to Americans is to talk about American dollars first. Because otherwise it’s not interesting.
Maybe that’s not just an irritating way to present the news. Maybe it’s actually offensive.
I agree; I do think it’s a bit offensive. I mean, we are treating these people’s lives like commodities. Their only worth is in their money, in how they effect our money.
Sometimes, in life, it’s not all about money. ^_^ Shocking, I know.