The Worst Thing about the Internet
What I dislike most about the Internet: the trivialization of serious, major events in history by reducing them to headlines and images.
On the ATT home page, front and center: a strangely Hollywood-style glam-shot photo of Hussein, beside headlines trumpeting his imminent demise. Wearing a bright white shirt, he looks over his shoulder, somewhat the businessman, somehow a bit reminiscent of Pierce Brosnan. The confluence of image and headline is odd, a bit too eager, tasteless, and above all, reductive of what is a poor solution to a horrific situation.
Note: in the time that it took me to write these few sentences, the image has been changed to a more polemical shot of Hussein, fist raised, shouting, set in a courtroom. Just in case we weren't sure how we're supposed to feel about the ensuing execution.
On the ATT home page, front and center: a strangely Hollywood-style glam-shot photo of Hussein, beside headlines trumpeting his imminent demise. Wearing a bright white shirt, he looks over his shoulder, somewhat the businessman, somehow a bit reminiscent of Pierce Brosnan. The confluence of image and headline is odd, a bit too eager, tasteless, and above all, reductive of what is a poor solution to a horrific situation.
Note: in the time that it took me to write these few sentences, the image has been changed to a more polemical shot of Hussein, fist raised, shouting, set in a courtroom. Just in case we weren't sure how we're supposed to feel about the ensuing execution.
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