As if the gods wanted to send me a message about my idea of no news being good news... or rather... relevant.
So yesterday one of our local newscasters died. Gary Papa, from prostate cancer.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to be insensative or rude about the death of someone (although I do hate when people take the deaths of local or worldly famous people too hard) I mean, honestly... this guys been the sports guy for the local ABC station my whole life, and having recently lost a family member to cancer... I can understand some of difficulties of the situation. However... this isn't what I'm trying to talk about.
He died at about 2-3 in the afternoon... and the hour and a half news programming starts at five... after Oprah of course... because the people who needs to be "informed" are usually the same people who think Oprah is some kind of demi-god.
They presented no news... it was all dedicated to that mans loss.
They talked about him... interviewed locals about him... the cast and crew of the news shared their stories about him.
It's as if as soon as they realized he died... they took all the "news" they'd worked on all day... decided none of it was relevant... trashed it... and just shot the shit about their friend.
I have no problem that they wanted to respect and appreciate the memory of their friend... but it's as if they WANTED to PROVE to me that... honestly, we DON'T NEED to know any of the "news" they have to present.
I don't think they talked about anything other than him...
Oh... except the weather...
But no local crime, fire, school graduations, swine flu, celebrities... (sort of... Gary) I don't even think they did sports.
Thanks for the proof Gary, rest in peace... sorry you had to leave us.
That's all for today...
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There's more than one local news network. The guy had been on that channel for more than 20 years.
I think it was more that justified.
oh I don't think there's anything wrong with them paying tribute to him.
It just supports my idea that we don't NEED to know any of that shit...
If we NEEDED to know it, they'd have at least tried to fit some news in there..
But we don't.
And that's my point...
"The News" is mostly useless.
The news has always been an entertainment program, and I've never found it entertaining.
Generally, the only news that I watch\read involves comedy, opinion-editorial, and\or objective reporting with real depth of investigation.
People make fun of ourgeneration for "getting most of its news from infotainment programs" as though somehow the stories and scripts for the 6 o'clock news aren't specifically chosen to include cliffhangers, drama, and suspense\fear.
Frankly, I'll take the guys that want to make me laugh while updating me on national affairs over the guys that want me to shit my pants. At least the former is being (mostly) honest about his intentions.
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