There
are many events and things that made 2014 a remarkable year, especially for
media. Among various kinds of media, it might be the most positively turbulent
year for cable news channels. Let me highlight just a few of the most turbulent
events for cable news; the disappearance of Malaysian Airliner, the continuation of Arab Springs
upraising and civil wars in The Middle East, particularly Syria, the
intensively fought war between Israel and Hamas (Palestinian), the abduction of
about 300 school girls by Nigeria based terrorists group called BokoHoram, Putin’s
annexation of Crimea from Ukraine to Russia, US-midterm election where republicans
claimed senate from democrats, and the outbreak of a deadly virus called Ebola.
Since telling fearful stories has always been darling of broadcasting news
channels to capture their audience’s attention, every news channel gave plenty
of their time slots to each story. However, in relative to their magnitudes or
impacts toward society in reality, some of them got disproportionately big
chuck of coverage times. And, Ebola is one of media dearest darlings in 2014.
