It is a commentary on our society when the jackpot or the winners for government sponsored gambling becomes the banner headline news. Is there nothing more important, more transformational, more threatening, or more informative going on today that should be the banner headlines? I consider it an insult that news media seem to think I find who won to be the most newsworthy information today.
It’s what sells, not what’s important that we see
First, it is a commentary on what runs the news media. We are not fed what is important or what is significant, but rather what people will click or buy –that is, what will sell ads. So news executives are not promoted primarily because they serve society well but because they pander to the whims of the slice of society who click on (buy) news. I contend that when we decide to make mega-million jackpots the banner headline, we should consider the detrimental effect of promoting the economic parasite of gambling.