One thing wrong with society

Today I'm really noticing something horribly wrong with our society. There are lots of other problems but today I wanted to focus on just one thing. Our news media overcommorates the deaths of famous people. Its a wonderful thing to mention that someone has passed away and speak a couple of nice words about them. However, what our current media does is ridiculously more than that. They have biographies and special programs and they go on and on and then they keep talking some more about people who have died. Our culture has become obsessed with death. I was listening to the radio today and inbetween songs they were taking calls from people who wanted to talk about Michael Jackson's passing. People were saying things like "I've been balling my eyes out since i've heard the news." and "I haven't been able to function or do anything today since I heard about it." That's the type of reaction I would expect from someone who had just lost a family member or close friend. For those who are family and close friends of Michael Jackson that would be an appropriate response, but for the average Joe such a reaction is completely overblown. Let's look at the facts logically here. Before he passed away anyone could listen to his music on the radio and see his videos on television and the internet. A few could even go and listen to him perform in concert. We still have all of those things recorded. The only thing that the average person is losing is the chance to go see him in concert. So for what they're losing, their sense of loss is completely out of proportion. The media has completely made things too dramatic. The responsibility doesn't lie with them completely because they're only doing what sells and what will make them lots of money. We the people who are buying into such things are the real problem but I can still hope for the media to have enough integrity to be above such ridiculous tactics.