Weapons Of Mass Distraction

As our troops are being slaughtered in Iraq, our economy is floundering for the working and middle classes and the health care crisis rages on unabated, you would think the media would have plenty of issues to talk about that mattered to Americans. Well think again, when it comes to the media at large, expect nothing but over-hyped stories that effect a minute fraction of the American people.

In case you didn't notice, Anna Nicole Smith mysteriously passed away yesterday at the age of 39. It is a sad tale where a young mother lost a child a few months back and is now leaving a newborn behind with no father to be found. Whatever the case may be, whether suicide, depression or natural causes, it has no place being repeated for hours on end in the mainstream media. Sorry to offend the Smith fanbase, but seriously, the nation has more pressing problems at hand.

It seems like there are always stories that consume hours upon hours of network news that are used to boost ratings based on sensationalism, from the still-missing Natalie Holloway to the Jon Benet Ramsey unsolved murder. The business of journalism is more focused on pleasing their advertisers than doing the business of actual journalism.