Friday, March 3, 2017
Jerry Springer v. The Church of Euthanasia Kairos
The Jerry Springer episode aired on August 11th, 1997. The timing of this episode was made in perfect timing. A few months earlier, on March 26th, 39 Heaven’s Gate cult members were found dead in a San Diego mansion. The leaders of the cult preached that suicide would allow them to leave their bodily “containers” and enter an alien spacecraft. This event was shocking to the public because of how rare it was of such a large group to commit suicide in such a manner. It is obvious that The Jerry Springer Show taping was weeks before it aired, when it was the most prevalent. Jerry Springer has quite a political background, so it is not out of the ordinary for him to publicize his views through his show. He wanted his audience to know that the Church of Euthanasia cult is outrageous. By mocking the church, he hoped to persuade people not to join such groups.
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You explain the background of Jerry Springer and the actions of the Church of Euthanasia wonderfully. However, I can see that you struggled to write a full eight sentences on it. Maybe introduce your link and say what it links to, I assumed it was background on what the Heaven's Gate members stood for. Going a little off topic, I thought it was cool how the Jerry Springer episode aired on the same date one of my groups pictures were taken.
ReplyDeleteI think this is a very interesting post in particular just because knowing what the Jerry Springer Show is usually about it almost seems ironic that it would fit in something as serious as this story.
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