Going by what CNN, MSNBC and Fox News presented as the day’s news, you’d think this country was not at war in Iraq, not subject to terrorist attack, not having serious economic problems, not piling up staggering budget deficits, not getting its clock cleaned by trading “partners,” not plagued with crime and not governed by a throwback to the limited enlightenment of Calvin Coolidge.
Hour after hour, Friday night and all day Saturday, it was almost nonstop runaway bride-to-be, even after the woman was located. On and on it went, complete with talking heads and family members.
There was even a live, on-scene airport interview with a passenger from the plane she flew back to Colorado on! He had even gotten a look at her!! Wow, what an exclusive!!!
Throw the bums out: Many TV seasons ago there was a comedy, “Lou Grant,” set in a Minneapolis TV station’s newsroom. It starred Edward Asner, Mary Tyler Moore, Ted Knight, Betty White and Mason Adams (who died Friday). In the series’ final episode, Grant (Asner) entered the studio and told his people he had an announcement: “You’re all fired.”
That scene should be repeated at the cable news networks, at least ridding them of the brain-dead, celebrity-struck gossipmongers and People magazine-editor wannabes who decide what they’re going to cover and how they’re going to cover it.
These people aren’t journalists. They’re hacks and hucksters. Ship them off to E!, where they belong.
Really truly agree. It is sad and scary.