| Every night around 6 O'clock our 'short attention | | | | grocery store when you check out? Thank goodness |
| span' broadcast news fulfills their expected obligations | | | | our kids still grab for the racks of 'wholesome' |
| to report the day's political hub-bub and touch on a | | | | impulse candy in those aisles, but do you? I believe |
| war or two. Somewhere in the world, people will get | | | | just on broadcast systems alone, there are now at |
| hurt by either a natural disaster or better yet (by | | | | least 3 daily "Hollywood" gossip/news shows on the |
| mass media standards) a man-made mess. A big | | | | air - 'Extra', 'Access Hollywood', and 'TMZ'. Not to |
| weather event always grabs a few seconds of air | | | | mention the explosion of specialty cable shows and |
| time which regardless of source, will invariably track | | | | of course buckets of internet drivel ala 'Perez Hilton' |
| back to 'global climate change'. But showing America's | | | | et al. Yes, as 'oh so modern' and hip we think |
| distinct bi-polar tendencies, the main attraction hog of | | | | ourselves to be, apparently the nation is actually |
| every newscast circus these days, is celebrity | | | | channeling the 1940's 'old school' sideshow mavens of |
| marriage foibles and daily crisis updates, akin to that | | | | gossip, Louella Parsons and Hedda Hopper for 'hard' |
| usually reserved for disasters like the Katrina mess. | | | | news now. |
| You would think in these tough times that the | | | | Don't get me wrong, if nothing else I'm a capitalist; so |
| American consumer would cut back a bit on the | | | | if somebody is buying this stuff, then I fully support |
| mind-numbing Hollywood '3-ring' prattle? I thought we | | | | the principle that folks like P.T. Barnum (or Hannum) |
| as a nation were on the brink of disaster with | | | | have a duty to sell it. But what bugs me most, is the |
| economic excesses looming and REAL problems | | | | media's insatiable lethargy to report, re-report, and |
| overshadowing the 'big top' draw? Yet every night, | | | | re-report AGAIN, upon each other's Holly & Tiger |
| Americans get the incredible opportunity to sit | | | | Woods exploits? Is there not anything else in this |
| through 4 or 5 minutes of 'important updates' on the | | | | 'world circus' that's going on of REAL importance? Oh |
| state of Tiger Wood's marriage. A typical network | | | | of course not - why would I ever think that? One |
| news broadcast feed is only 22 minutes long without | | | | can only hope that eventually all of this gossipy hot |
| commercials. So I guess that tells us that nearly 25% | | | | air will build-up and billow into one giant 'global climate |
| of our collective focus should 'step right up' to see | | | | changing' vacuous cloud. Then we might finally |
| famous people like Woods (the man of many faces) | | | | address our nation's catatonia with some truly |
| who screws up over and over again but suddenly | | | | meaningful, 'ozone-depleting', REAL 'Tiger-gas' news |
| feels 'sorry' when caught? Wow, what a unique freak | | | | for a change. But only for a few minutes mind you - |
| show? | | | | it's not good business to miss the birthdays of all |
| If that is not bad enough, how many escapist 'insider' | | | | those SUCKERS! |
| type news rags do you have to walk past in the | | | | |
