Who cares that a Victoria Secret model survived the Tsunami?

[RC45]

Not I....

She got mention - now get her off the freaking news so we can concentrate on the issue at hand... rebuilding the devastated nations.

Why the hell is her story news worthy?

[crazidude]

I'd say because famous people are more valued than the not so famous? I wouldn't know, but its rather disturbing that they show the survival of one person when many other people are suffering at this very moment who are in need of more attention that one model.

[FerrariFerrari]

It is indeed unfair but it is also human nature. There is something in all(well....most) of
us that is fascinated with famous people. Like when the space shuttle Columbia blew up
that same day there were hundreds of other people who died doing far more heroic
things than those astronauts were doing but who got all the air time. :? It's not fair but
it is the way it is and unfortunately it's not going to change. :| The fact is that the media
these days is all about sensationalism. :|

[RC45]

It is indeed unfair but it is also human nature. There is something in all(well....most) of
us that is fascinated with famous people. Like when the space shuttle Columbia blew up
that same day there were hundreds of other people who died doing far more heroic
things than those astronauts were doing but who got all the air time. :? It's not fair but
it is the way it is and unfortunately it's not going to change. :| The fact is that the media
these days is all about sensationalism. :|

Human nature?

Whose human nature? Yours?

There is no comparison between astronauts and a model.

None.

A model is nothing more than an entertainer - an astronaut is a frontiersman whom is helping to further the science and technology of your life.

The astronauts were not "entertainment & famous celebrities" - their brutal deaths thrust them into the limelight.

The media is "only about sensationalism" because people do not voice their distaste with the media.

[666fast]

If she is going to have sex with me, I'd care. But since she isn't, I don't. It's the media's fault, they sensationalize anything they can.
However, sometimes having a celebrity name attached can be a good thing. Like Micheal J Fox and Parkinsons disease. It's given it much more exposure (therefore more donations and such), even if it's only because someone famous has it. It's still mildly annoying that he didn't care much untill he got it, but thats life. I'm guessing it's the same for most people, never cared, then they get the disease and now they do.

However, in this situation, it's not going to make anything better. Nor is it "newsworthy".

[BADMIHAI]

I hate supermodels. :|

[FerrariFerrari]

Human nature?

Whose human nature? Yours?

There is no comparison between astronauts and a model.

None.

A model is nothing more than an entertainer - an astronaut is a frontiersman whom is helping to further the science and technology of your life.

The astronauts were not "entertainment & famous celebrities" - their brutal deaths thrust them into the limelight.

The media is "only about sensationalism" because people do not voice their distaste with the media.
I think we're on the same wave length here, :D I agree that there is no comparison between
a supermodel and an astronaut and I agree that what the astronauts are doing is very
heroic but all I was saying is that there were a lot of other people who died that day
doing things that may have been even more heroic. Think about this, an astronaut is
a scientist but If some scientist who developed some helpfull drug that has saved
hundreads of lives dies you probably wouldn't hear the media giving it 24/7 coverage. :?

[Onix]

I hate supermodels. :|

so do I :-|.. but I'd still hit it

http://img99.exs.cx/img99/4788/petranemcova29pm.th.jpg (http://img99.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img99&image=petranemcova29pm.jpg)


and no I'm not interested in arguing whether its wrong or not that she gets all the attention when god knows how many thousands died.. here there has been much coverage of the whole disaster and I hadn't even heard her mentioned until RC started this topic

[fultron]

Look at all the shows based on famed people... It is completley expected that the media would focus on them even in this time. Im not saying its right but it is expected, the football player that died in Iraq (Arizona i think) had a big story when the rest of the people killed on that day didnt even have their names mentioned.

You know over 20,000 people have died? and many more will soon because of the lack of clean water... that 40,000 lives. And yet the news doesnt care enough to put it on as the opening segment... welcome to america.

[DR.GONZO]

jet li was on the missing persons list.



Then later found out he's okay He was saving his daughter and His family is ok, But is leg is messed up.

[CSedl87]

Not I....

She got mention - now get her off the freaking news so we can concentrate on the issue at hand... rebuilding the devastated nations.

Why the hell is her story news worthy?
Oh yes, and bush is doing a great job helping out. $11 billion to rebuild florida , but only $30 mil to 'help' the devistated countries.

[dingo]

I hadn't heard of her being mentioned either until this topic, but there have been a number of 'famous' people talked about that got caught up in the disaster. I think its fair enough since most of us here don't know anyone personally that was affected.....there would be no use in saying 'John Smith' was among those killed as none of us knew him, but the famous people are more well known.

[5vz-fe]

I guess famous ppl will increase the viewing rates of their channels on the same set of news.......it's all about money at the end.......pathetic..but true

[666fast]

Not I....

She got mention - now get her off the freaking news so we can concentrate on the issue at hand... rebuilding the devastated nations.

Why the hell is her story news worthy?
Oh yes, and bush is doing a great job helping out. $11 billion to rebuild florida , but only $30 mil to 'help' the devistated countries.

Please don't tell me that you think thats a good argument?

I wonder how much each respective country hit by this disaster is gonna spend repairing itself? Hmmm, I bet it's far more than all the money they recieve from every other nation.

BTW, Bush has sent more money than most other countries combined.

[dons5]

oh fuck that makes me sick what just cause ur a model and the only thing u probably got goin for u is ur looks that means u have to be more famous and more important then other ppl ( im not sayin this as a general statremeant not directly towards her)

[FoxFour]

I heard that the model is inconsolable right now, I'll console her :P Sounds to me like she got bitch slapped with reality. There's more to life than cat-fighting with other supermodels and purging your life away, but I digress. And that interior designer that was made famous on Oprah Winfrey, he lost his friend. WTF was he doing there this time of year with a guy friend ? :roll: You know that deep inside Oprah is going to get a lot of airtime with his plight. Maybe she can donate the food from her refrigerator, that's good for half the population of India right there. Rumor has it she's on her way to Pontiac HQ, she wants to give everyone over there a new GTO, nobody's buying them anyways. :D

[No.1]

Hmmm.... it is human fascination with celebrity.

Dan, and the other UK members, will know what a pain in the arse David Beckham is and the amount of column inches he gets per year.

Another thing that annoys me is the fact that headlines such as "thousands killled with 10 Brits in tradgedy" Who gives a danm if they are British or not? It's alright that a few Bangladeshi peasants got killed?!! It makes me mad, and this story about a supermodel is so fucking stupid i couldn't care less.... there's plenty more pussy like her in the world :|

[igeorge]

Hmmm.... it is human fascination with celebrity.

Dan, and the other UK members, will know what a pain in the arse David Beckham is and the amount of column inches he gets per year.

Another thing that annoys me is the fact that headlines such as "thousands killled with 10 Brits in tradgedy" Who gives a danm if they are British or not? It's alright that a few Bangladeshi peasants got killed?!! It makes me mad, and this story about a supermodel is so fucking stupid i couldn't care less.... there's plenty more pussy like her in the world :|

Brits should care if their fellow countrymen were involved. If that hadn't been mentioned, you'd probably be bitchin about how they didn't mention it and how the family members back home must live not knowing for sure what has ahapened to their kin.

quite likely we would complain at that, but instead we have the fucking news people going to homes of people who either lost family or dont know whether their loved ones survived or not, and thats pretty fucked up IMO, those poor people do not need a load of sensationalist journalists in their faces at such a time taking advantage of the situation

[possessed_beaver]

don't worry evreyone, im sure we will see her on oprah in a few weeks time telling of her "near death" experance, how it has changed her life, and now she is releasing a book on the tragic events, and how she has set up a charity to help people who chiped a nail during the wave,

ohhh lets not forget her new found faith in god..

[FoxFour]

Petra Nemcova has a broken pelvis. Means she's not fuckable right now.
And Fox & Friends has been mentioning every five minutes about her plight. Seems to me that someone over at Fox has been masturbating to her image too much. Betcha right now Geraldo Rivera is on the way over there so he could pick up some Red Cross poontang

[FoxFour]

Petra Nemcova update:
Friends of her say that she's in good spirits and is taking a large amount of morphine for the pain: What else is new
They also said that she is confident that her boyfriend WILL be found: Yeah, bloated like a Puffer Fish
For more updates on this beautiful human being

www.pnemcova.kmmod.com/index.htm

[No.1]

Hmmm.... it is human fascination with celebrity.

Dan, and the other UK members, will know what a pain in the arse David Beckham is and the amount of column inches he gets per year.

Another thing that annoys me is the fact that headlines such as "thousands killled with 10 Brits in tradgedy" Who gives a danm if they are British or not? It's alright that a few Bangladeshi peasants got killed?!! It makes me mad, and this story about a supermodel is so fucking stupid i couldn't care less.... there's plenty more pussy like her in the world :|

Brits should care if their fellow countrymen were involved. If that hadn't been mentioned, you'd probably be bitchin about how they didn't mention it and how the family members back home must live not knowing for sure what has ahapened to their kin.

quite likely we would complain at that, but instead we have the fucking news people going to homes of people who either lost family or dont know whether their loved ones survived or not, and thats pretty fucked up IMO, those poor people do not need a load of sensationalist journalists in their faces at such a time taking advantage of the situation

You both make very good points, and i suppose it cannot be seen entirely in one light :)

[blinkmeat]

Good, I'm glad she survived. Now do Playboy hunny

[caneswell]

Is this Fox "News" by any chance? I was watching that with amazement yesterday. Shortly after i first heard the news all the other sky digital news channels had live dedicated coverage of the tsunami aftermath, whereas Fox dedicated 10seconds to mention the 11k dead (at that time) before talking about some footballer who had presumably hurt his toe or something, unbelievable.

Would make a great comedy show outside of the US (if it wasn't real life!), i believe some people take it seriously over there thou which is worrying.

although it may explain why the country is in such a mess at the moment.

[FoxFour]

This show is on the Fox News network. Fox & Friends is a morning show that serves up the news as well. It's more of a lighthearted show; the three people on the show, one female and two males don't act PC which is what I like. I just wish they would not pay much attention to her, there are tens of thousands of people who have lost everything: homes and family. God knows everyone else is going to be focusing their attention to her. Really, as long as I can remember, the US population have always been interested in Hollywood celebrities, much like the UK goes ga-ga and has devoted an entire industry tracking the comings and goings of the Royal Family.

[jon_s]

For me, the only thing that reporting the death / survival of a celebrity does, is bring the event into reality. Let me explain....

On the news we have all seen countless bodies and people. There is a sureal element to it all. Hearing the death count go up hour by hour, day by day into unimaginable figures....70,000 so far, and that is set to rise. God knows when it will stop, especially when disease is taken into account.

Even when the reporters home in on individual people who re-tell their story, there is something not quite real about it; Shock, disbeilef call it what you will.

Then it was reported that David Attenborough lost both his daughters in the disaster. I agree fully that their lives are worth no more than the next, however, the linking of a well known name with the disaster for me at least made it real. Someone I 'knew' had been personally affected by the disaster. I thankfully know of no one personally who has been affected by the disaster, so in effect the death of the two daughters is the closes link I have.

All I am really saying is that we can become numb to all the deaths that we see on the news. It takes a house hold name who has been effected by the disaster to put it back into perspective.

[RC45]

^^^ Agreed as to the sentiment about "personizing" the disaster - but this chick and her entourage must have egos the size of large bus to be pompous enough to think that the public at large will "be on the look out for her boyfriend".

Why not turn the support around to send and offer of donations vs "find my boyfriend now".

*shrug*

[jon_s]

I certainly agree with that.

Going one step further, it would not surprise me if a famous person would actively seek to associate themselves with the disaster: some sort of sob story to a) get back into the public eye and b) redeem themselves in the eyes of the press.

Now that is a sad situation! :?