July thirteenth of this year, a popular celebrity that goes by the name of Cory Monteith died. Social media and popular news stations exploded with grief and speculation, sympathizing the "Glee" star. However, what people don't recognize is the amount of attention that was directed towards, essentially, a drug addict.
People die everyday from things that are beyond their control, but it seems that popularity will always thrive over anything else. Another great example is Whitney Houston on February eleventh of last year. These people broke the law and consumed illegal substances (which are illegal for a reason), but the population overlooks these statistics and media coverage avoids to mention the bigger picture.
All this to segue into multiple events that occurred yesterday December first. Social media went through the roof around all of North America regarding the death of "The Fast & The Furious" star Paul Walker. Incorporated in these tweets and updates all over the internet were occasional memes mocking the driver of the car who no one knows or seems to care about. But what is the most striking reality to me is the little amount of awareness that went into the train derailment, that killed 4 people in Quebec. Googling it gave zero results, and media coverage was very slim in comparison to the car accident of a popular entertainment icon.
Don't get me wrong, I do sympathize the deaths of these celebrities and I offer condolences to the families, but it really grinds my gears when these news stories make headlines, and cast far greater shadows over tragic events that, in my opinion, deserve a lot more attention and awareness than they receive.
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