Is this MEDIA or a stage for advertisements?

I dont know how to begin this ....... i dont know how the thoughts will be poured ....... i dont know how it will end ...... nonetheless my thinking shall find a written form ......... the same anthem that runs through my head as i begin writing anything!!

The day: 9th september 2007

The TV channel: some Indian News channel

The Event: A report on the preparations for 5th anniversary celebrations of 9/11

The program brought a thought into my mind ...... Why the 30 min report on the preparations for the 5th anniversary of 9/11 ...... We have enough problmes to solve ...... We have enough people dying ..... We have enough to handle ...... Why dont they showcase something useful?

I am not being patriotic, nationalistic or anything near it ...... It is just that so many hours of transmission was being wasted on not-so-important stuff, being relayed by other channels like BBC CNN etc .....

Why dont they spend their money on something useful ..... i cant suggest what they should probe into ....... let them find it for themselves ...... am not here to suggest anyway ....

It happened the next day too ...... were they making use of free footage sent by Uncle Sam?

I wonder whats next? A military parade on 4th July - American independence day? A one-hour program on the lifestyle of Queen of england ..... on her next birthday? A plea from some other country to donate for the upliftment of their country's poor?

We have had so many disasters in our country ....... Jalianwalabagh, deaths during the freedom struggle, so many martyrs dead and so many still suffering .......

Why arent those days remembered? Why dont they remind us of the lost glory ...... the valuable lives lost ...... the days of agony .... etc ...

I think we're selling ourselves .... lets wake up and realise our values!