Every goddamn news outlet needs to show the atrocities. (Trigger warning: Desc. of war casualty)

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9. I agree. I think my OP is mainly due to the treatment

of the situation on the show "Entertainment Tonight".

I do not usually watch TV, but my wife had it on the other night and I had my back to it while at the computer, and I lost it when I heard Entertainment Tonight come on and they were talking about Ukraine. The irony of this hit me, and then I started thinking about how Biden's poll numbers are currently low, (and that's all I ever hear when I do happen to be near a TV), yet the reason for Trump's first impeachment is not being consistently talked about instead, etc. etc.

And then all of THAT got me thinking that many people do not pay attention to anything and just go about their lives. For example, we on DU know about Trump pulling our troops out of Syria, and the betrayal of the Kurds and all of the anguish that caused, but if you ask Joe Average what they think of that situation now, they most likely won't remember it, or they most likely will not know what you are talking about.

I'm trying not to generalize too much, but too many people in this country (not the majority of people, but nevertheless) merely know that Russia is attacking Ukraine, and that's about it. I think the job of MSM is to inform truthfully, and to attempt to get important matters into the minds of people. I do not want to hear the theme music for "Entertainment Tonight" playing while talking about a dire matter, and I don't want the situation in Ukraine to be presented in a comparatively vanilla manner by pretty smiling people.