Genovese

Father Frank Pavone wrote in his column this week about the Genovese syndrome. He said:

One of the experiments regarding the Genovese Syndrome began with a man sitting in a room alone. Not knowing the experiment had already begun, he saw smoke pouring into the room from under the door of the next room. He immediately got up and alerted others that there was a problem. Later, three people were placed in that same room, and smoke began pouring in. They coughed and fanned the smoke away from their faces, but nobody got up or said anything.

The experiment showed that we don’t just look at the evidence of an emergency. We look at the reactions of others. If they don’t get excited, we reinterpret the data and conclude that things aren’t as bad as they seem.

The media distorts the reactions of others. There are plenty of people who are upset about the abortion issue and think the killing of an unborn child is a horrible thing, but the media is in favor of abortion and it is reflected in the way the report the issue. They are pro-abortion (or pro-choice as they call it) and they show abortion in a favorable light. This is also evident in the way they are reporting on the environment. They are trying to stir up hysteria about the "greenhouse effect" when there is no scientific evidence to support it.