And now, the real news - Kirk Citron

http://www.ted.com/talks/kirk_citron_and_now_the_real_news?language=en#t-3932

The next TED talk that I watched was And now, the real news by Kirk Citron. In this TED talk Citron talks about how some news stories matter and how some don't. He brings in the recent headlines of the flight that crashed into the Hudson, the Fort Hood shootings and the economy and asks the question on whether or not they really matter in a decade, 50 years and a hundred years. He brings up all the scientific advancements that humans have made in this past year and points out that these are the things that really matter.
I agree with Kirk Citron 100% on this. We ignore the news stories that really matter and go instead for the ones that will get the most emotional response an therefore the most money. They ignore all the great scientific advancements that we have made and rather go for the depressing stories that makes you think the world is a truly horrendous place. It's amazing how much we believe is important which is really not. Celebrity gossip is often front page news rather than the fact that we have discovered that we can fix the human body from the inside. Kirk Citron's TED talk adds to my criticism to what is today's news casting system. It is obviously inaccurate and poisons the mind of all who watch it.