The media follow; they don't lead. It's not the media that convince us to buy anything. Sellers use media to make us think we need their product. Advertisers buy media products for their clients who have something to put on our faces, on our backs, or in our mouths. What the media do is sell time and space, not Halloween candy. So if I put my loonies in the candy box instead of the collection box, I 'm delusional to blame the media.
In fact, it's infantile to say that the media are at fault. We just need to take responsibility for what we do. Anyhow, I'm willing to bet that more Halloween candy gets eaten by the householders than by the kids who come around in costume, knocking on doors for "Trick or treat." Many of those $4 mil of treats get gobbled up by greedy guts who want to point the finger at someone else. "The devil made me eat up all the candy bars before the kids came, so I had to shut off the lights and pretend that nobody was home."
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True.
But at the end of the day, there are certain things the media has to take responsibility for, and sometimes they take advantage of those that read, watch, and listen. (And this is coming from someone who is looking to get into the business herself.)
Usually, this involves fear mongering, because whenever I turn on the television or read a newspaper, the sky is falling all over again.
Must be nice to live in a land where the greatest sin that the 'lady speaking from the pulpit' can think to rant about is being neighborly and handing out free treats. Such a gentle society you must have up there in Canada!
From one who kept his lights off and DIDN'T buy any candy this year (Hallowe'en Grinch that I am), I shouldn't make any observations here, but I feel the urge.
Is it just that I'm getting older (apparently faster than everyone else), or are there kids doing the trick or treat thing who should be studying for their LSATs? Since when do high school kids go door to door, unless they're doing a mission for the Mormons?
While I'm at it, what happened to the UNICEF boxes? Do we have to stuff our faces and not do ANYthing for other people at Hallowe'en?
Okay, I'm done. I feel vaguely purged, like I had a colonic or something. No wonder they call these things blogs. It's rather onomatopoetic.
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