I've been around a while and have seen the news being broadcast for a long time. If you remember John Cameron Swayze, the Huntley-Brinkley Report, and the CBS Evening news with Walter Cronkite, you know what I mean. If your to young to remember those folks, look them up on Wikipedia. Also, if your to young to remember them, you have never been subject to what was meant by "REPORTING" the news.
What got me going this morning was while I was watching the "News" I realized that there was very little "news" being reported as compared to the amount of speculation and fortune telling that was going on. For example, the anchor person reports that the Dow dropped over $281.00 yesterday. Which is news fact. Which everybody already new any way. Then he is joined by an "expert" to discuss how this will effect us all and proceeds to warn us all to be prepared. Further, they then proceed to tell us what we should do. This is all ratings related and has nothing to do with reporting the news. The media tries to be all things to all people. It's almost like they are talking down to us. Like they can predict the future. Who made them all-knowing?
I find this insulting to the intelligence of the human race.
Get rid of your TV. I don't have one and life is much better. Its not that hard.
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