Another Pet Peeve

Aruba
Runaway Bride
OJ
The Gloved One
The Peterson Trial

What's the common denominator in all this? Every one of them is (or was) a human interest story dressed up to look like news. I don't care how much perfume and lipstick you put on a pig - it's still a pig.

Some say that it's because the 24/7 news channels need to fill the air time so they pick up on these. Sorry - I ain't buying it. All they're doing is turning pap into a reality show that they repeat incessantly day in and day out. Not one of them - CNN, FoxNews or MSNBC report actual news unless they're forced to.

You want news? Try putting reporters on the ground in Darfur or Somalia or Zimbabwe. Try attaching reporters to more Iraqi police and military units. How about some with the U.S. troops who are doing good things? Fer crying out loud, put reporters in France, Germany or Chechnya. How about one or two with the Kurds?

There wouldn't be enough hours in the day to report all the news - and they wouldn't be repeating themselves every half hour with a 30-second "news break."

I now return you to the regularly scheduled bullshit.