Carrying the Lantern

I have to agree with Dave Winer on this one. Is her release really worth the coverage its getting? I think not. It's not a slow news day, it's a slow MSM (Main Stream Media) day. Hello? Fox News? Would you please look elsewhere?

At the end of a long productive and satisfying day, I sat down in front of the tube with some Chinese food to catch up on the news. On CNN they're talking about Martha Stewart on Paula Zahn. Same with Larry King an hour later. Aaron Brown has been pre-empted for a special about Martha Stewart. Then I read on Halley's Comment that the mainstream media wants our respect for all the in-depth reporting they do. Hey, when they respect their Chinese-food-eating "audience" and give us some interesting and meaty news from around the world, and not some blather about the kind of device Martha is going to have to sleep with, and about how her friends will think she's somehow less of a person because she went to jail. How about some news about how John Doerr's wonderful search engine is planning on putting ads on all the words we write? How about that Paula Zahn? Halley would you mention that to the reporters and editors at your meeting. Hey schmucks, while you're soothing your bruised egos, there's shit happening you should be paying attention to. Okay we now resume our regularly scheduled broadcast. [Scripting News]

- Posted by William A. Riski - 10:24:03 PM - comment []