As I was eating my Jack In the Box dinner tonight and trying to find something worthwhile on one the four cable news networks that we get, it came to me: the blogosphere isn’t being driven by the duplicity and bias of traditional corporate media – it’s being driven by the fact that people can’t get news anywhere else.
Things I want information about:
Things I could give a damn about but that are dominating cable news:
And before you think that this is just more of me complaining, let me point out that CDaub is pretty pissed too.
Update From Stan: Oddly enough, I had a big discussion about the same issue last night. I was at a friend’s house and we were watching CNN Heandline News. The anchorwoman beings with “and our top story tonight…” Listening intently, we lean forward, waiting expectently to hear about the political implications of recess appointments, the race in Iowa, or some new development in Libya. Is that what comes on the news? Of course not. The war in Iraq? No. The first suicide bombing in months in Israel? Not so much. The recent surge in pro-Taliban militarism in Afghanistan? I can’t tell if CNN has heard about that.
No, Their top story for the night was Michael Jackson standing on top of an SUV. I was livid – how can you not be? My friend couldn’t understand my frustration, but I really believe the prediction that the sun is going to come up tomorrow should count as bigger, more important news than anything about Michael Jackson. It looks like Omri and I were dealing with the same frustration last night, but that rat bastard got to the blog first. At least I’m not the only one who is pissed off about this. But let me be clear – when I’m King, CNNHN is the first against the wall.
