sleepybear said:I've noticed a lot of media bashing in some of these posts, and now I must defend it, since I'm a member of the press.
The reason every media outlet is reporting this is because everyone goes to Disney World. From all around the world, people go there. People take their children there. So if a child dies on one of the rides, no matter how it happened, it is news. We're not trying to sensationalize it and we're not trying to criticize Disney. We're saying there is a ride that has caused sickness and health problems before, and now someone has died after riding it. The stories I've read seem to have gone out of their way to imply that it wasn't Disney's fault. They've mentioned how he met the height requirement, how the ride was functioning properly. They're being fair here, folks.
I'd have to disagree. The vast majority of reporting has been listing how the ride is so intense it requires motion sickness bags and has sent 5 people to hospital with chest pains. That line seems to appear in everything I have read. Motion sickness bags are in the back of every airliner seat, but I dont see the media mentioning that everytime someone dies on an airliner (which is relatively common).
I am not saying all the media are sensationalising it, but a vast majority of them are in my opinion.