9/11

Five years ago, I turned on my TV and in horror wondered what the hell was happening to the world. It’s difficult to forget 9/11, especially on its anniversary. I will always remember where I was and how the tragic events of the day unfolded. I get somber when I think about it.

About two years ago, I visited the WTC site. It was just a vast amount of empty space in a very busy grid of skyscrapers. It was eerily quite and still. Today, two phantom-like beams of light remind people of its presence. It’s chilling, and pretty powerful.

Well, 9/11 is being memorialized all over the news today and everyone is asking; how safe are we? What has changed? There are a lot of unanswered questions and today’s media and government continually warn us of our own complacency. A lot of reflection is going on, but is it too much? I think so. You know, the network is going too far when its news programs are talking and essentially promoting their own controversial docu-drama, a fictionalized account on the “path to 9/11.” Anyway, I guess I want to say that the competition and the quest to differentiate network news coverage is rather transparent in my opinion. My respect for broadcast journalism, in particular, has lowered.