You know what’s crazy? I’ll tell you what’s crazy.™
News of the Week.
I watched a lot of stories this week and a lot of them are suspect at best.
Outside of the economy, the Arab Spring and the presidential election, news directors will throw anything against the screen hoping to call it news and hoping we will watch.
I just watched a story about a cat who stowed away in his owner’s luggage and went to Disney World.
The TSA said it doesn’t look for cats. The reporter got Southwest airlines to pay for the return trip to Akron. The anchors babbled on about security for so long I began to drool.
Whatever.
Then there was the iphone 5 being unveiled. I guess everyone in the world has an iphone and it is the most lucrative company on the planet. That makes it news. But the breathless banter that transpired was nauseating. A bigger screen, a little lighter, a little thinner. Yawn. The only newsworthiness is that it could provide American jobs. I basically viewed it as a commercial endorsement.
More irrelevance to my life with the breaking news that McDonalds is going to start counting calories. Great, now I can see how much fat a cheese burger will put on my ass. Another strategically placed commercial hiding in the bushes as a news story. Somewhere a P.R. company is earning their bonuses.
Princess Kate is pissed. The Prince is pissed. We are angry Buckingham Palace shouts. The princess is topless. It is insidious and it raises the issue of privacy. Diana died at the hands of the Paparazzi, hopefully history won’t repeat itself.
Then there’s the lunacy on abc: 3,000 miles on 3,000 pounds of bacon. A man traveling the country with no currency, only bacon to barter as he goes. Come on. A man with bacon and no money? This is a side show act, not news.
Then there was the Robin Hood bank robbers throwing money out of their get a way car as they fled through South Central L.A. People dove in front of police cars to grab the cash as news choppers followed behind. This was good stuff.
Then there’s Amanda Vines. Who? Alleged Teen star.She allegedly was hitting the pipe caught on video in her car. She’s the new Lindsey Lohan the anchors proclaim. The media loves a good fender bender involving a teen star crashing to Earth. And apparently this famous nobody is the flavor of the month.
Hopefully something interesting happens this week, because this week in news was crazy.™