Media And Its Impact On Society Essay
It appears that media jumps quickly at blaming a person or corporation when events go awry. Media is quick at accusing others because people need someone to blame at all time. Humans have it hardwired into their brains that someone is always responsible for events that happen, whether the events are successful or catastrophic. The derailed locomotive was a tragic event that injured many and caused eight people to lose their lives. The shock of the accident was too much to handle so people looked for someone to blame.
A train speeding at 102 mile per hour is a ridiculously fast rate for any vehicle to be traveling (beside an airplane). People all around are asking many questions such as why the train was going more than double the speed limit? Was the train speeding because of the engineer driving, or was there a malfunction with the speedometer so he was unable to tell the actual speed he was going at the time? One would think that someone could feel the sudden acceleration of the…