{"id":2280,"date":"2015-09-14T23:23:30","date_gmt":"2015-09-14T23:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=2280"},"modified":"2015-09-14T23:23:30","modified_gmt":"2015-09-14T23:23:30","slug":"dead-children-no-longer-the-news-that-sells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/dead-children-no-longer-the-news-that-sells\/","title":{"rendered":"Dead Children: No Longer the News that Sells"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Headlines<\/a>
Headlines change against immigrants again – borders close. One dead boy is forgotton… all too common…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I knew it would happen, borders would be closed, media would turn again on the refugees, and the dead boy on the beach forgotton. I just did not think it would happen so quick…<\/p>\n

“One death is a tragedy, a thousand a statistic.” <\/i>
\nImmortal words of Josef Stalin.<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Walls raised, borders closed,
\nHearts harden, crisis weary
\nNo longer stirs hearts passions
\nParents of the dead: talking, teary.<\/p>\n

Dead children no longer shock being common,
\nWashed up on beaches from boats, dead adults as well
\nPeoples fears, not peoples tears, whipped into a frenzy
\nMakes good headlines once again: news always will sell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I knew it would happen, borders would be closed, media would turn again on the refugees, and the dead boy on the beach forgotton. I just did not think it would happen so quick… “One death is a tragedy, a thousand a statistic.” Immortal words of Josef Stalin. Walls raised, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[992,702,53,1794,1175,31],"tags":[2416,2418,1424,2419,1795,2371,1165,2417,2032,2415,1797],"class_list":["post-2280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-afghanistan","category-arab-spring","category-civil-rights","category-islamic-state","category-kurdistan","category-war-on-terror","tag-europe","tag-frenzy","tag-germany","tag-hungary","tag-isis","tag-kurdistan","tag-media","tag-migration","tag-newspapers","tag-refugee","tag-syria","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-AM","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2262,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/its-a-boy\/","url_meta":{"origin":2280,"position":0},"title":"It’s A Boy","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"5th September 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The cynical switching of the media on the refugee crisis from keep them out to let them in after the photogenic image of the dead boy changed the mublic mood shows how mercenry the media is. 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