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Tuesday, April 27, 2004
What's the deal with...
What's the deal with the news? They waste so much time. You think a show about the important events that take place in New York City and in the world would have no trouble filling 50 or so minutes of airtime. But I must be mistaken.
I guess there just isn't much going on these days. You know what I saw? A three or four minute segment on a four-year-old that fell out of a window.
Why? Okay, I see the news segment, I go, "Huh. Ah hah. The kid is in critical condition. ExTREMELY critical condition? Well! Then what? What possible purpose does this story serve? Am I supposed to send a card to the family? Am I supposed to study the effect of blunt force trauma on a child's spine? Does it inspire me to lock my windows for fear of falling out? What have I learned that I can possibly apply to my life? It doesn't warn me about anything, it doesn't tell me about something I could be doing, it doesn't tell me about things that are happening that I might need to act on or somehow form an opinion about in the future. I don't need to form an opinion about a baby falling out the window.
NEWSLACKEY: So, what do YOU think about the baby falling out the window?
Me: Well, it's sad. Sounds painful.
NEWSLACKEY: It sure does, Tom.
Me: Tom? Who?
NEWSLACKEY: The little man in my head who tells me to do things!
Me: Mm... I think that's an earphone.
NEWSLACKEY: Ear... phone?
Me: Never mind.
I don't know, I guess there's nothing to report on these days. Okay, there's new fighting going on in Iraq, there's... come on! There are billions of interesting things going on in the world! And even the news stories that are actually interesting that they do, those could easily use an extra three or four minutes! What are you talking about babies falling out of windows? You want to do that? Fine! Say, "In local news, a baby fell out a window. He is in critical condition." That's it. That's all you said anyway. Jesus!
Okay, okay... I'm done, I'm good.
Back to you, Asshole!
Nicky
AIM: Jake Aimer
MY E-MAIL! Okayeahwhatever@yahoo.com.
I guess there just isn't much going on these days. You know what I saw? A three or four minute segment on a four-year-old that fell out of a window.
Why? Okay, I see the news segment, I go, "Huh. Ah hah. The kid is in critical condition. ExTREMELY critical condition? Well! Then what? What possible purpose does this story serve? Am I supposed to send a card to the family? Am I supposed to study the effect of blunt force trauma on a child's spine? Does it inspire me to lock my windows for fear of falling out? What have I learned that I can possibly apply to my life? It doesn't warn me about anything, it doesn't tell me about something I could be doing, it doesn't tell me about things that are happening that I might need to act on or somehow form an opinion about in the future. I don't need to form an opinion about a baby falling out the window.
NEWSLACKEY: So, what do YOU think about the baby falling out the window?
Me: Well, it's sad. Sounds painful.
NEWSLACKEY: It sure does, Tom.
Me: Tom? Who?
NEWSLACKEY: The little man in my head who tells me to do things!
Me: Mm... I think that's an earphone.
NEWSLACKEY: Ear... phone?
Me: Never mind.
I don't know, I guess there's nothing to report on these days. Okay, there's new fighting going on in Iraq, there's... come on! There are billions of interesting things going on in the world! And even the news stories that are actually interesting that they do, those could easily use an extra three or four minutes! What are you talking about babies falling out of windows? You want to do that? Fine! Say, "In local news, a baby fell out a window. He is in critical condition." That's it. That's all you said anyway. Jesus!
Okay, okay... I'm done, I'm good.
Back to you, Asshole!
Nicky
AIM: Jake Aimer
MY E-MAIL! Okayeahwhatever@yahoo.com.
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