Hey Lenina, Pass the Soma Please.
Don't bother reading this...its a waste of time.
Before I get into this, I do want to issue a disclaimer. The New Orleans situation sucks and whatever the media can do to help is definitely gold star material. That being said, you can’t tell me that you don’t get tired of hearing the same crap all the time. Why does the media latch onto one thing at a time when there are always a multitude of other real issues out there? Take for example the whole Social Security thing. Is this no longer a major problem? Why was this front-page news for so long and then “POOF” not word one about it for months and months? Not that I want to get blasted with Social Security crap again but shouldn’t we be hearing at least a little blurb every once in a while?
Who decides what we see in the news? Why is it the same on every single station? Well, rather than just bitching, I have decided that I should be constructive and actually give some suggestions to improve the news. Go:
1) News channels love body counts. Save some time and just put a body count meter at the top left corner of the screen. It can be just like in video games; the kids will love it.
Katrina: ###
Iraq Today: ###
Iraq Total: ###
2) Since the programming seems to be brainless, lets replace the reporters with sock puppets…except Bill O’Reilly; he already fits right in. Don’t worry; I don’t like extremist liberals either. I just really don’t like Bill; he’s overflowing himself.
3) Take all the out of context sound bites and make catchy jingles out of them.
4) Make Jon Stewart the Lead Anchor. Actually, I might not be kidding on this one; at least he would be funny.
Who decides what we see in the news? Why is it the same on every single station? Well, rather than just bitching, I have decided that I should be constructive and actually give some suggestions to improve the news. Go:
1) News channels love body counts. Save some time and just put a body count meter at the top left corner of the screen. It can be just like in video games; the kids will love it.
Katrina: ###
Iraq Today: ###
Iraq Total: ###
2) Since the programming seems to be brainless, lets replace the reporters with sock puppets…except Bill O’Reilly; he already fits right in. Don’t worry; I don’t like extremist liberals either. I just really don’t like Bill; he’s overflowing himself.
3) Take all the out of context sound bites and make catchy jingles out of them.
4) Make Jon Stewart the Lead Anchor. Actually, I might not be kidding on this one; at least he would be funny.
Well that’s enough for today. This post really isn’t all that amusing and I’m bored with it. If you have read this far I’m sorry.
