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May 7, 2005 Our now media blitzed runaway bride “needs time to heal” according to her minister. What is it she needs to heal, her feet? Did she run away without shoes? Maybe her fingers were overexposed to the weather while waving goodbye to her hometown. Who cares? Our moronic news media have given her status right next to Michael Jackson, Paula Abdul, and the Iraqi War. What is that about? We have thousands of children missing from their homes and we worry about one mental case? We have millions of schizophrenics, patients with bipolar disorder, major depression, mental retardation, and missing children. And we focus on this poor girl with some kind of mood disorder? I want to vomit (I think I will). I honestly believe that our neurotransmitter-challenged news media would sensationalize a piece of clay. We know they sensationalized a grilled cheese sandwich and an underpass with Mother Mary weeping on the concrete wall. Man, what is next? It’s an insult. How gullible do they think the American public is? As my daddy always said, “We didn’t just fall off the turnip truck.” Most Americans, according to the “Bell Curve,” are of average intelligence. We aren’t dumb. Why exploit Jennifer Wilbanks because you have nothing else to talk about? If you can’t come up with news, shut down. Open a greenhouse or something. Actually, I believe that Jennifer Wilbanks’ problem does in fact go beyond just her upcoming marriage (or wannabe marriage). I’m sure she has some mental issues, some kind of break down, but hell there’s plenty of issues that would trap my interest more than her. Is the fact that Medicaid is falling apart and that healthcare is out of control in this country not important? Do we have to hear about Jennifer Wilbanks, Michael Jackson, Paula Abdul, and Mrs. Bush’s one-liners?
I have an idea. Let’s have one “real” news network and one “whacko” news network. That way if you’re the type of person that wants to know about all the anomalies in this world you can tune into the whacko station. It could be in the same time slot as “America’s Funniest Home Videos.” If you want serious news, you can tune into the real news station. I like that idea. I like it a great deal. I should be on CNN for thinking of an idea…couldn’t be any worse than the second-rate and cheap sensationalism being put out by today’s media goons.
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