Many years ago, we were not fortunate to be exposed to news as it happened and we relied on printed material. Sometimes news never reached us for many days or weeks after the incident had actually happened. Time was when LIVE TELEVISION did not exist.

Today, news comes to us as it happens. Modern Technology has made it possible.

Using all the exciting instruments like High Definition Cameras, Microphones, and Mobile equipment, the Media is expected to Entertain, Educate and Inform the public in an honest and ethical way and play a very important part in the culture of a country.

Now the media is so much on the ball that they can tell us in advance what the President will say in his address to the Nation even before the event. When they do this, there is no real need for us to tune in to the actual live Broadcast other than to see the attitudes of some of the people who represent us in our Government and how they express thier objection to what the President says.

The Media is either “Jumping the Gun” or “Missing the Ball”, too often falling short of their service to the public..

Should we be more attentive instead of being so gullible while we digest all the sensationalistic and some times, misleading garbage they feed us.

In March, 2015, a Jet Plane was lost in the Mountains in France. Reportedly it took 150 lives . It was later established to be a fact. Even a month later and on going , they are still bringing us this story supported by photos of the wreckage, and the house where the Co-Pilot lived in Germany.

Any loss of life is painful. It is one too many. We hope it never happens.

The Media will flash back to the loss in 2014 of another Jet Plane which took more than 200 lives.

Here is where the Media fails every time. They tell us about a plane crash but they do not tell us about the relative facts.

Every year in the United States Of America, approximately 5000 PEDESTRIANS die because of road accidents.

Every year, 25,000 to 30.000 people in the United states die in automobile accidents.Yes twenty five thousand.

Every year, more than 1000 people in the U.S A. die in accidents caused by other people driving the wrong way on our roadways.

It was estimated that in the year 2013, more than 35000 people died in U.S.A. from road accidents. There were more than 3.8 million crash injuries requiring medical attention.

The way that the Media hypes a plane crash makes many people shudder and even say that they will never fly again.

But they do not hesitate to jump in their high powered autos which, clearly, they have not been trained to operate and cannot control.

Some of these people are under the influence of alcohol, Narcotics, drinking while driving, using the Mobile Phone and worse, Texting while driving.

Some are driving without a proper permit or Insurance.

Some drivers are discourteous and have no regard for others using the roadways.

They slam into other vehicles , Trees , Poles, Motorcycles, Pedestrians. They kill, they disable, they disrupt complete families.

Some are just innocent people wanting to get from one place to another, as drivers staying within the LAW, or as passengers. Many innocent ones suffer.

The Automobile Industry has been moving forward to improve the safety factor of thier product.

Many Cities and States have made the roadways safer.

The Insurance Companies have capitalized on the 3.8 million Road accidents every year and constantly inflate the premiums of those people who survive.

The Media does not bring to the forefront the fact that this is a major problem in the U.S.A.

Should the public not be aware of the things that affect us ?

The Media goes into details about the cockpit door on the Jet Plane and the Aviation regulations and the mental state of the pilot of an an Aircraft. A tragedy, yes, but how can we neglect gravity of the loss of life on our roads.

Why can we not start looking at reasons why so many people perish on our road ways?

Why are we not looking for solutions?

Jules Hyndman