Okay, enough with the breaking news coverage of the missing Malaysian airplane already. Not that this isn’t a tragedy and a huge mystery all wrapped into one–it definitely is. But we’ve now had several days of wall to wall coverage of a story we don’t really have any information about. So what we get is a parade of experts (read: people who once flew on a plane) theorizing about what might have happened in a hypothetical universe, and we get CNN’s Don Lemon playing with a plastic toy Boeing that’s “exactly” like the real one. Who wouldn’t love that gig? If I have to hear the words “All right, good night” one more time, I’m going to take a U-turn into the ocean myself. Nobody knows if those words mean anything, nobody knows if they’re important or not. And I can’t see how endlessly dissecting half-imagined facts is helping those who have loved ones missing in this disaster.
I finally had to turn the television off when one of the hosts shared this gem with the audience: “And this shows that whatever happened, happened.” Thank you for your deep insights, news media. How did we ever make it through crisis situations without you?
03/23/2014 at 1:09 pm
And a week later it still goes on..! The Sunday Shows and “Disrupt” with Finney are full of it!
03/23/2014 at 3:11 pm
Dear God, I know. It’s turned into missing plane porn…I can’t handle it anymore.
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03/27/2014 at 8:04 am
So now I’ve started watching the White House youtube channel to get some real news.. cable is unwatchable still..
03/27/2014 at 6:05 pm
I’m still watching Al Jazeera. I can totally understand people having objections to the channel, but they’re the only ones reporting on the Ukraine, the mudslide in WA, etc. They do BBC-style news reporting. Plus they have old CNN anchors from back when CNN was still news!
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03/28/2014 at 2:44 am
Good point! I’m getting used to that one too 🙂
03/28/2014 at 8:02 pm
Let me know what you think about it….
03/27/2014 at 6:20 pm
And BTW, I *am* planning to get back to my blog someday…so overwhelmed with work right now it’s not even funny!
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03/27/2014 at 7:35 pm
I would like to say I love your blog and the wonderful and beautiful things you share as well as the inspiration and smiles you bring in doing so! Thank you for being you and I hope even if you do not accept awards you will accept the sentiment expressed as I honor you with one. There is no prize that comes with the award other than my appreciation and being grateful you are part of our world and making a difference by sharing in such a positive way…
I have posted the award and link to it here I hope you will accept it or at least the sentiment behind it! http://artisticlyxpressedthoughts.wordpress.com/2014/03/27/awards-and-shared-gifts/
With love,
Joe
03/27/2014 at 8:11 pm
Thank you Joe! This is much appreciated!