Uma sibeka eceleni umbono wakho ngodaba lwe-Schiavo, kuyacaca ukuthi ababhikishi abaphiko lwesokudla “be-pro-life” bathole ukuketula abezindaba mayelana nokunaka nokusakazwa kwabo. Kumabonakude, amazwi abo nabaholi bebephambili endabeni - izenzo zabo zokungalaleli umphakathi zisakazwa kabanzi. Ukuba khona kwabo kusetshenziswe njengengemuva letiyetha ye-TV.
Izigaba zivame ukuvulwa ngezintatheli ezisesigcawini ezihlola isimo sababhikishi, noma ngabe “banethemba” noma “bathukuthele” noma “bathukuthele.” Ngezinye izikhathi, izintatheli ze-TV ziye zabonakala sengathi zihlangene nababhikishi.
Izindaba ezinhle ukuthi: Naphezu kokuvota okubonisa ukuthi abantu baseMelika basohlangothini lomyeni kaTerri Schiavo, i-TV iye yanaka ngozwela (futhi engakaze ibonwe) emibonweni yababhikishi basemgwaqweni, ngisho nabangalaleli emphakathini, abamele idlanzana elihlukile lomphakathi. .
Izindaba ezimbi ukuthi: Sekungamashumi eminyaka, ukusabalala okunjalo kunganikezwa ababhikishi abaqhubekayo.
Eminyakeni eminingi yokuqapha kwabezindaba, isibonelo, angikaze ngikubone ukunakwa okungaka kunikwa imibono yababhikishi ababambe umlindelo ngaphandle kwejele lapho kwakuzobulawa khona.
Ukucaphuna isibonelo esikhulu kakhulu: Ngenkathi amakhulu ezinkulungwane zababhikishi beya emigwaqweni yaseMelika ukuze bagweme impi ne-Iraq (ngesikhathi lapho iningi labantu baseMelika namanye amazwi anamandla kuCongress nawo ayemelene nokujaha impi), ayehlekwa usulu noma ashaywe indiva. ngalawa manethiwekhi e-TV afanayo.
Eqinisweni, ukukhombisa ukuzibophezela ekuvezeni imibono yababhikishi abamelene nempi kungakwenza uxoshwe ezindabeni ze-TV. Ngakuthola lokho ngesikhathi ngisebenza kwa-MSNBC ngo-2002-2003. Ngosuku olwandulela impi, i-MSNBC yanqamula uhlelo luka-Phil Donahue, uhlelo olubukwe kakhulu esiteshini. Ngalolo suku safunda ngememo yangaphakathi ye-NBC ezwakalisa i-alamu yokuthi i-Donahue izoba "yikhaya le-ajenda yenkululeko yokulwa nempi ngesikhathi esifanayo lapho izimbangi zethu zizobe ziphephezelisa ifulegi ngawo wonke amathuba."
Isixazululo se-MSNBC: Lahla i-Donahue kanye namazwi ababhikishi abamelene nempi. Thatha ifulegi.
(Ngaleso sikhathi, akubona bonke ababhikishi ababenenkinga yokungena ngaphakathi ezitudiyo ze-MSNBC. Ngake ngacelwa ukuba ngixoxe nowayezikhethele yena umholi wamahhala u-Martha Stewart emoyeni ngoba wayebambe umbhikisho ngaphandle kwenkantolo yaseManhattan. Lapho ngibuza ukuthi umbhikisho wakhe wawumkhulu kangakanani, wathi cishe abantu abayingxenye yeshumi nambili babemjoyinile.Ngamandla alokho, wajikeleza ama-studio kamabonakude.Ngaleso sikhathi, abaholi bombutho omkhulu wokulwa nempi bathathwa njengabangasifanele isikhathi somoya. )
Ukusabalala kwe-TV kwababhikishi ngaphandle kwendawo yokuhlala asebegulela ukufa iTerri Schiavo kuthande ukudlala ibhola elithambile. Ababukeli abaningi abazange batshelwe ukuthi “ubaba oziqhenyayo” okwaxoxwa naye kaningi mayelana nendodana yakhe eneminyaka engu-10 ubudala eboshwe endaweni yesigameko ugwetshwe icala locansi. Futhi ababukeli abaningi bangase bangaqapheli ukuthi u-Randall Terry, ohlonzwe “njengomkhulumeli womndeni” wabazali baka-Schiavo, ungoweqisayo owayekhuthaza ukufa kodokotela abakhiphe izisu.
Ngifisa sengathi bengingasho ukuthi intshisekelo entsha ye-TV evamile emibonweni yababhikishi basemgwaqweni ikhombisa ukuqonda okusha kokuthi ukubhikisha, ukungaboni ngaso linye kanye nemibono yabantu abambalwa kunothisa inkulumo-mpikiswano yethu yabezindaba. Ngokunokwenzeka, ukuqhubeka komkhuba wakudala we-TV eminyakeni yamuva nje yokuphakela kwesokudla.
Njengoba ngifunde ezweni elinamahloni lezindaba ze-TV, ukusebenzela Ilungelo Lezenkolo, amaRiphabhulikhi namandla ebhizinisi kuhle emsebenzini womuntu. Akukuhle kangako ukwenza ubuntatheli obuqinile obungenza wena noma inethiwekhi yakho isolwe ngokuthi "inenkululeko."
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UJeff Cohen (http://www.jeffcohen.org) ungumsunguli we-FAIR (http://www.fair.org), iqembu lokubuka lemidiya eliqhubekayo. Ube yingcweti kuzo zontathu iziteshi zezindaba zamakhebula, kanye nomdidiyeli omkhulu ku-MSNBC ethi “Donahue.”
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