I've decided to open my blog to a more general audience. I'm going to use this as a way to reach out to people and comment on a multitude of subjects. For the most part it will be my way of tackling the important (and not so important) issues of our daily lives. Namely, retarded stuff that bothers me. Hopefully, it will all be in good fun and people don't take it too seriously. Or, maybe it will help you realize how stupid this world really is.
Lately, I have been caught up in the news. You have all read about how highly I think of meteorologists, now I have to comment on the local news in general. While Kristine and I sat watching CSI the other night, we were interrupted with "Breaking News". So I began to think what is "Breaking News" actually. If any of you saw this recent CSI episode, it was pretty dramatic, and spoiler alert... ended with a 16 year old girl murdered. Amidst this drama, 19 Action News stopped the program at 9:52 PM to tell us that 6 people had been killed in a shooting. SIX CHILDREN! Now, by no means am I downplaying the fact that 6 kids were just shot, but c'mon. 19 Action News runs a news program at 10:00 PM!
"I'm sorry, but we have to interrupt this extremely depressing episode of CSI to bring you even more depressing news that we are going to tell you all about in 8 minutes."
Now, normally, I would not watch this news episode because of how tragic it is. An oversized family in a poverty stricken community in Cleveland. 6 children with a degenerate father who didn't stand a chance. So, I watched the opening story of the news. All they had to say was, " we are on the scene where 6 children have been shot. We do not know any more details, but here we are, standing on the front line watching the police drag bodies from the house. Again, these are all children. By the way, did we mention that 6 kids who had their whole lives to live were murdered here tonight? We'll try to get pictures of the bodies as soon as we can. Stay tuned to 19 Action News."
Ok, maybe it wasn't exactly that, but you get the point right? Am I the only one who finds this absolutely ridiculous? This is exactly why people don't watch the news anymore... and by the way, the DOW is down another 2,000 points! Oh yeah, and we almost forgot to mention that 40 more marines were killed in Iraq. Wait, this just in... 4,000 more workers are now out of work after recent layoffs.
But... (and this is when the news hits a high note) Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have just adopted another child. Its so nice to see that there are good people out there doing good in the world. GIVE ME A F*CKING BREAK! Oh yeah I almost forgot to mention... The Los Angeles Dodgers have just signed Manny Ramirez to a 2-year $45,000,000 deal. That's awesome! Let's give that douchebag (who still can't read or write in English) all that money to hit a few homeruns.
I hate the news. And these examples only scratch the surface. Please do your part and quit watching this garbage. Maybe play with your kids, or call your grandma, or just go to sleep at night. It has to be worth more of your time than the shit they are producing that evening.
3 comments:
amen. but who is angeline joile?
Once again, you could not have put it any more eloquently. I feel that your thoughts should be more mainstream and perhaps we should give you a half hour show at 10:00 pm rather than showing the news. I believe ratings would be higher and people may actually learn something of value. Ask Whitney (she hates the news), we live in the highest crime city in America. We know that we do. We do not need to be reminded of it every evening at 5, 6, 10, and 11 pm. From now on I will only pay attention to credible sources, like your blog or Wikipedia.
And to top it off - they scare the crap out of us to later come back and say - oops! Only 3 children were killed. Not that that makes it better but damn.....
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