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Archives for: July 2006

07/24/06

06:25:47 pm, Categories: Media Meditations, 184 words

Neighbor Craps on Driveway - Homeowner Upset

I am growing a little weary of the uncanny insightfulness that I have been finding in the news lately. Today’s installment was the tome: "Lebanese-Americans upset with Israel’s assault on Lebanon”. No way! Someone was pissed that there is a big smoking hole where their grandma's house used to be? Why is this news?

Could we get some history on the situation? Maybe what the various governments involved in this remote controlled war are doing to end/encourage it. Telling me that people are upset that their relatives’ homes were leveled isn't really giving me any new information or insight.

Do the editors really think that readers are that mentally deficient? It's not a isolated incident either, page 2 held a delightfully informative guide on how to use a photo booth. (I wish I was kidding about that part.)

I predict that eventually they will just stop bothering with words at some point and just show pretty pictures. When pretty pictures get too "heady" maybe we will all just sit down to look at the Sunday morning color. "Oooh, Me luV pERpls dAy"