Obama hiring Colombian hookers!
The presidential elections in the
United States are in full blast and media bites on anything that could somehow
be interesting for the public. Most of the time it's a marginal issue pushed to
a massive topic that doesn't even directly relate to the president’s political
performance. A great example is the current "Colombian Prostitutes hired
by the White House" scandal that overshadows important issues like the
increasing social gap between poor and rich, the recovery of the economy in the
United States or the proposition letters of the candidates, which all need to
be addressed in the US at this time. But... Finally! We have an Obama scandal…
Headings used in media such as
"Obama's agents having Colombian prostitutes" or "Obama's sexy
scandals" attract people's attention and this story is definitely juicier
than the recovery of the US after the financial crisis. However such topics
"made" an issue by the media create nothing but nonsense connections.
Unfortunately, what all people think is "oh my, Obama had prostitutes! He
is bad! Shame on him!".
It is not directly Obama's fault
that it happened. He will take necessary steps to solve the problem
and punish those responsible for this unmoral and unethical behavior. Media
should rather point out that there shouldn’t be cuts in governmental spending
because of that happening. Instead they directly connect and harm Obama rather
than bubbling it up just to have a topic for “Obama”. However covering this
headline is quiet boring and too complex. “Obama hiring hookers” is dramatic
and juicy, better as media coverage.
Another important fact to consider is that
creating such "issues" is just what Obama’s opponents are waiting for
and the Republicans will not leave such. So not only media abuses this
opportunity but they throw the ball at Obama’s opponents as well, which in
return, of course, uses media to fire at Obama too.
This example thus only underlines
the fact that media raise juicy and politically irrelevant but more dramatic
and disturbing issues and create false assumptions among people, voters. It is
all about the context of drama, heavily coverable issues (e.g. candidates
meeting famous people, click here to see how Obama uses testimonials and
current issues to increase his popularity). Media
make unrelated issues related.
I have listed links providing an insight look to how differently media adresses this issue for you:
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