Her boyfriend is/was on flight 370 that has gone missing.
Since Day 1 she has appeared on every single news program available to her.
Dozens and dozens of interviews, telling everyone her boyfriend will survive, he’s tougher, smarter…
That may well be- but stay off the mass media.
What is wrong with people in this country- who jump on tv in moments of PERSONAL crisis? As if it makes them sorta a celebrity? Is that it? Is that the BEST way to show how much you truly care for another person?
Eh, there’s a certain logic to a media-blitz if your loved one is missing. The more media attention there is, the more pressure there is on authorities to devote resources to the search and keep the search going.
No idea if that’s Ms. Bajc’s thinking, but it makes sense.
While that’s true enough, there comes a time when you just can’t search anymore. The cost of the present scope of the search in people, supplies, and equipment simply can’t be maintained forever. At some point, both the relatives and the authorities are going to have to accept that the plane will never be found and that we will never know what happened.
I don’t think we’re at that point yet, by the way.
If it turns out they were in purgatory the whole time, I’ll be really upset.
When you’re in that kind of situation you get to decide for you how to handle it.
Personally I feel so bad for the uncertainty and stress that these people are going through I wouldn’t judge if they thought that dancing with wolves would bring their loved ones home or even just find the bodies.
This has been a horrible mess from the start, partially due to the absolute ineptitude of the Malaysians and their unwillingness to share information. Whatever it took to get the information, even if the answer was that my loved one was gone, I’d do it.
I don’t know, it’s pretty hard to judge the choices someone makes while they are going through something so distressing and traumatic.
I would imagine those reporters are hard selling it to them that it, “could help”, draw resources and attention, etc, as mentioned. Shameless I know, but I’d wager not far from the truth.
In our darkest hour and deepest despair, who among us can say how we’d react? No thanks, I’ll not judge someone for the choice they make, in that moment.
At the same time I don’t do ‘grief porn’, as it were. When they reach that part of the coverage, I just switch channels!
Is it really necessary for the loved ones of those on that flight to appear on television? Given the circumstances, I imagine that the authorities would be doing the search even if none of them appeared on TV.
Going on TV is the very least I would be willing to do if it meant saving my loved one’s life. Are you saying, Tall Nordic Slobby, that if you were in her situation, you *wouldn’t *go on TV to save your partner’s life? Of course she doesn’t know if it’s going to work, but media attention has solved crimes and disappearances in the past. Why shouldn’t she jump at that chance?
For some strange reason, journalists find it necessary to make news stories as compelling as possible. I’m not sure why anybody would blame a victim for wanting to appear on TV. Unless she’s filming herself and forcing them to air her story, it’s a journalist that decided to put her there.
I don’t blame her for doing whatever she thinks might help, but I’ve got to say, this story is not suffering from a lack of media attention.
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Going on TV is the very least I would be willing to do if it meant saving my loved one’s life. Are you saying, Tall Nordic Slobby, that if you were in her situation, you *wouldn’t *go on TV to save your partner’s life? Of course she doesn’t know if it’s going to work, but media attention has solved crimes and disappearances in the past. Why shouldn’t she jump at that chance?
Talk about putting words into someone else’s mouth…
IF the bf were abducted locally it MIGHT be prudent for her to appear a bit on mass media…police use that all the time in certain circumstances.
But this is NOT a similar situation.
I realize we all react in different ways and we are all wired differently- but I would never do what she is doing, and cannot comprehend how it helps the situation, or anyone, in any way.
Well, “doing the search” isn’t really a binary condition. The length of time and amount of resources devoted to the search can vary, and to some extent that varience depends on public pressure. Especially in the case of the US, which is on the other side of the world and doesn’t really have any direct interest in helping except for humanitarian reasons.
We get her on the national news around here, and then on the local news, we get her boyfriend’s family members doing the exact same thing every day.
Be glad it’s just her.
No, the US does have direct interest in helping. For one thing, the plane is made by an American company and is flown by many American carriers. So if there is a mechanical problem, they’d like to know. Second, if the cause was a terrorist plot, that’s of interest as well.
What words am I putting in your mouth, dipshit? I asked if you would seriously never do what she is doing. You are saying that you would never do what she is doing. They’re **your **words, you forgetful assclown.
HAHAHA Yet another internet conversation gone downhill due to the limited means of communication…HAHAHA
I would say quit projecting how you feel about yourself onto others and try to say something useful instead…
Yes, it is uncomfortable to watch, and can be embarrassing to see. But I’d much rather exercise my finger and switch stations, than stand in harsh judgement of another human being deeply grieving or in darkest despair, or worse still, caught between in the land of ‘not really knowing’!
(And I experience something akin to a karmic shiver of fear, for those who do!)
Does any of this make sense? Not sure what you are getting to here.
… said the guy who started a thread bitching because some chick is on TV a lot.
It wouldn’t be so bad if she were hot.