A billion people died on the news tonight
But not so many cried at the terrible sight
Well mama said
It's just make believe
You can't believe everything you see
So baby close your eyes to the lullabies
On the news tonight
Who's the one to decide that it would be alright
To put the music behind the news tonight
Well mama said
You can't believe everything you hear
The diagetic world is so unclear
So baby close your ears
On the news tonight
On the news tonight
The unobtrusive tones on the news tonight
And mama said
Why don't the newscasters cry when they read about people who die?
At least they could be decent enough to put just a tear in their eyes
Mama said
It's just make believe
You cant believe everything you see
So baby close your eyes to the lullabies
On the news tonight
I think this song is the epitome of what the author was trying to illustrate in the following discussion:
“the entire universe comes to unfold arbitrarily on your domestic screen; all the useless information that comes to you from the entire world”
Television is an extremely predominant form of communication essentially connecting the entire world in a nutshell. The delineated line between public and private is most definitely crossed here, a point where all feelings and emotions are deleted because of the screen in front of you. Yes this is communicating one message to others, but at the same time the level of personal connection is lost in translation. Where is the attachment lost and is the news a means of exposing gossip or is it a distraction from the problems of your own life? Seeing other people’s losses; are they intended to one up your own in order to lessen your personal feelings of sorrow? Why is there no personal attachment to this sorrow? Is it indecent exposure?
“the entire universe comes to unfold arbitrarily on your domestic screen; all the useless information that comes to you from the entire world”
Television is an extremely predominant form of communication essentially connecting the entire world in a nutshell. The delineated line between public and private is most definitely crossed here, a point where all feelings and emotions are deleted because of the screen in front of you. Yes this is communicating one message to others, but at the same time the level of personal connection is lost in translation. Where is the attachment lost and is the news a means of exposing gossip or is it a distraction from the problems of your own life? Seeing other people’s losses; are they intended to one up your own in order to lessen your personal feelings of sorrow? Why is there no personal attachment to this sorrow? Is it indecent exposure?
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