As I watched ABC World News make
another meaningless choice for person of the week, I decided enough
was enough. This week they chose Carly Rae Jepsen, a young woman who
was lucky enough to get noticed by Justin Bieber and now has a hit
song. The only thing that came to my mind as I watched this piece
was, why? Or maybe a better question is: how? How does this young
woman get chosen as person of the week when she has made no
meaningful contribution to society? My suspicions lead me to believe
that this songstress must have some corporate connection to ABC.
So I gave myself a challenge. I bet
myself that during the commercials on Jeopardy! I could find a better
candidate for person of the week than ABC World News. And the most
ironic part of it is that the guy I found was featured on the website
of the Las Vegas ABC affiliate.
His name is Ryan Mougenel and he is the
head coach of the Las Vegas Wranglers, a pro hockey team that plays
in the Western Division of the East Coast Hockey League.
He was on vacation with his wife in
Boston when he, along with other people, saw a man who had fallen
into Boston Harbor and was having a hard time staying afloat. The
group helped the man onto a nearby water taxi, and he was then
transported for attention to Mass General.
This is the link that I found in about
8 minutes of searching:
So the clear decision made by ABC News
was to highlight a woman for writing a fluff pop song instead of a
man who committed a selfless act of heroism, a man they were
obviously aware of.
The implications of that kind of choice
make me shudder. Did ABC decide that escapism is more important than
heroism? Is the world better off knowing that Carly Rae Jepsen has
written a hit song or that a man who was on vacation risked his life
to save someone else?
All I can say is hang on as the
slippery slope gives way beneath us.
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