#18: Free Choice in the Realm of Media

I find it interesting how lately new pieces of media continually overshadow one another, and things that were sources of massive controversy say three weeks to a month ago have become yesterday's news, so to speak.  For example, the NFL hasn't touched on the issue of domestic violence pretty much since it happened, save for two short PSAs which only air during football broadcasts and on the NFL network.  I think if this period had been less taxing on the media world, the NFL would still be in the hotseat, and there would have been action from the commissioner, more publicity about the trials of Adrian Peterson and Ray Rice, and more publicity about that 49ers player who was under investigation by the NFL.  It seems that in the public eye, police abuse and past abuse overshadows domestic abuse if it is fresh, which is fair enough, but I still maintain that the issue regarding the NFL could have been a much bigger deal than it was played up as, which I guess says a lot about us.  We can only care about something for so long, and then it gets thrown out and replaced with the next 'big thing', which at the moment is police use of force, which even though it is an american issue still headlines all over the place in Canada.