When the news story leaves me with more questions than answers, I’m left feeling [something, something, something]. Go ahead, CBC, test me. But please either take the time to score my efforts, or else point me to additional information.
This evening, I took the time to read through one of those efforts to explain something (see above), and learned that Easter Island is in danger. Not the island, as such; hundreds of huge stone statues. At least, I believe the statues are immense. The story said so. Told me how humbling it is to stand “in their shadow”, if you will. And not a single photo in the set juxtaposed a person and a statue…
As well, I learned that rising sea levels and extreme climate would be the tools of doom, as the photos showed me cliffs that were dozens of meters high, and hillsides that were mainly rock. So, erosion? Wave action? How about crazy humans who insist on digging the statues free from the ground that has offered protection for centuries.
I’m not likely to ever visit the Island. Just like a lot of other places… too far, too poor. But if the news site wants to educate, how about going beyond the kind of silly content we associate with click-bait? I didn’t spot the “work from home” ad; my browser tries to limit things like that. And now I’m going to go to a real news site: YouTube. A place that offers video content and directs me to other, associated fare. The way the news used to be.
