Two words that get ignored so often.
In this case, it is the press that did not stop. Yes, of course, the press, those who cannot stop the diarrhea of their mouths long enough to give time for thought. Comment, over comment, compare, divide, divert, conclude, espy, regurgitate, opinionate, blather, dither, interview, interrupt, and on and on.
Doing the Job – the universal excuse. Yuck
Sometimes, it’s time to shut up. In today’s world, just for a few seconds. Ten seconds, a little silence. No FCC rules get broken. No one loses a listener. In fact, you gain at least one listener: The reporter!
Subject of Rant: Coverage of The President’s Speech at Hiroshima
The Situation: A poignant, powerful moment where those on site were respectful enough to be silent. To listen. An important moment in history.
The Complaint: The reporter repeatedly brought other voices into the situation, running over the moment, jumping to an opinion, another person’s response. It was a powerful speech that was respected by an international group of people, including reporters on site. But the remote reporter did not listen to his colleague who spoke of the reverence of the moment. He did not give any pause between the excerpt of the speech he actually did allow to be heard, but immediately diverted to some other opinion of the moment. The speeches were short. There was time to allow listeners to experience it for themselves.
In the time spent running over the moment, the entire speech given by President Obama could have been broadcast. It was an emotional, poignant, powerful moment when both our President and his counterpart, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, shared something rarely heard and felt; Respect. Love. Trust. Vision.
I was so angry that the reporter ran over the moment. I needed a few seconds, there was so much richness in what Obama had spoken. I had to turn off the radio, shout away the anger, then recall in my own mind the tender yet powerful words that I had heard. To get the full speech I had to go to the internet. Fortunately, CBS had a fairly bullshit free video.
http://www.cbsnews.com/live/video/president-obama-delivers-speech-at-hiroshima/
Please take a moment to listen. These moments are important to form our own memories, our own impressions, unfettered by the sounds of other people’s blathering.
For those who have an interest in sharing this speech later, when the only means remaining are most likely cluttered with crap* – as on YouTube, of course – I have added a copy of the text.
President Obama – Hiroshima Speech
*(Unfortunately, there were others who used the event to further their hate rants. Or, used a copy of the video on their own attention gathering channel – built off the blathering comments of followers – allowing anything that could fog a mirror to run over the moment with their attempted impressions of sentient life.)
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