Sunday, April 19, 2009

Are They Drunk, On Drugs, Or Just Plain Stupid?

So as I sat here at my computer wondering what to write about, if anything, this evening I checked out the FNC website. Slowly, I began to wonder . . . What does a journalist think when he/she sits down to write a story.

These are todays headlines on the FNC website . . .

* Napolitano: Vets Targets of Right-Wing Extremists
* Italy Agrees to Accept 140 Stranded Migrants
* Obama Calls for Release of Jailed Reporter in Iran
* Loss Still Felt on Oklahoma City Bombing Anniversary
- Columbine Survivors Move On 10 Years Later
* Crews Work to Reinforce N.D. Dam Eroded by Flood
* Tattoos From Auschwitz Horror Reunite Lost Inmates
* Former Congressman Dies After ATV Crash
* Slain Wife Blogged About Husband's Stress | PHOTOS

* Obama Calls Chavez Gift a 'Nice Gesture'
- Book Given to Obama Flies Up Amazon Rankings
* Two 19-Year-Olds Kidnapped; Ransom Demanded
* Escaped Fla. Inmates Captured, Charged With Murder
* Energy Sec. Offers Dire Global Warming Prediction
* Driver Charged in Texas Crash That Killed 5 Kids
* Actress Found Hanged Days After Show's Finale
* Scientist Says Clues Point to Cleopatra's Tomb
* Teen Strip-Search Case Heads to Supreme Court

So then I went to AP and found this;

# Obama says reaching out to enemies strengthens US "- 1 hour ago"Defending his brand of world politics, President Barack Obama said Sunday that he "strengthens our hand" by reaching out to enemies of the United States and making sure that the nation is a leader, no...
# AP IMPACT: Tons of released drugs taint US water "- 1 hour ago"U.S. manufacturers, including major drugmakers, have legally released at least 271 million pounds of pharmaceuticals into waterways that often provide drinking water — contamination the federal govern...
# Driver charged in Texas crash that killed 5 kids "- 1 hour ago"Police filed intoxication manslaughter charges Sunday against a driver who lost control of his car while using a cell phone, plunging the vehicle into a rain-filled ditch and killing five children ins...
# Columbine students strive 10 years after massacre "- 1 hour ago"The "boy in the window" — who fell bloodied and paralyzed into the arms of rescuers during the horrifying Columbine High shooting rampage — is doing just fine.
# UN says NKorea could restart nuclear facilities "- 14 minutes ago"North Korea could restart its nuclear facilities within months, the head of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog warned Monday, but he added he was optimistic that negotiations on halting Pyongyang's nuclear a...
# US boycotting, Iran starring, at UN racism meeting "- 1 hour ago"The United Nations opens its first global racism conference in eight years on Monday with the U.S. and at least seven other countries boycotting the event out of concern that Islamic countries will de...
# Mexico says 8 killed in attack on prison convoy "- 1 hour ago"In the latest of a series of brazen, drug-related attacks, gunmen ambushed a prisoner transfer convoy in western Mexico, killing eight officers in a failed attempt to free a high-level cartel member, ...
# Exxon Mobil overtakes Wal-Mart to top Fortune 500 "- 1 hour ago"Exxon Mobil Corp. unseated Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in the 2009 Fortune 500 list, shrugging off the oil price bubble and weathering what the magazine called the worst year ever for the country's largest p...
# Photographer: Madonna wrong about NY horse fall "- 2 hours ago"A photographer who says he captured images of Madonna after she fell off a horse in the Hamptons over the weekend disputes the singer's account of how the accident happened.
# Smith leads Hawks to 90-64 game 1 win over Heat "- 3 hours ago"

And from Yahoo news, the following;

# Miss. woman gets shot in head, but makes tea (AP) "- 2 days ago"AP - A Mississippi woman who was shot in the head not only survived but made herself tea and offered an astonished deputy something to drink, authorities said Friday.
# Centenarian rolls into bowling history in Nevada (AP) "- 7 hours ago"AP - A 100-year-old woman from New Jersey has become the oldest competitor in the history of the United States Bowling Congress Women's Championships.
# NY woman planning to have dead lover's child (AP) "- 1 day ago"AP - A New York judge has given a woman permission to harvest her dead lover's sperm so she can still have his baby.
# School: Ohio teacher took students to strip club (AP) "- 2 days ago"AP - A school spokesman said a southwest Ohio teacher has resigned after acknowledging she accompanied four female students to a male strip club. Butler Tech school district spokesman Bill Solazzo sai...
# Kansas couple married for 67 years die hours apart (AP) "- 2 days ago"AP - Residents of a northeast Kansas town are mourning the deaths just hours apart of an elderly couple who were married 67 years. Arnita Yingling died in her sleep early Saturday at the family's home...
# NJ town can't seem to decide what to call itself (AP) "- 8 hours ago"AP - Would a New Jersey town by any other name smell as sweet?
# Indian politicians demand protection from flying shoes (Reuters) "- 2 days ago"Reuters - India's politicians contesting in the general election, fearful of shoes hurled at them by disgruntled voters, have asked for more security and are erecting metal nets at rallies.
# Leaders cower from "shoe-cide" attacks (Reuters) "- 2 days ago"Reuters - India's politicians contesting in the general election, fearful of shoes hurled at them by disgruntled voters, have asked for more security and are erecting metal nets at rallies.
# Indebted Spaniard kidnaps his banker (Reuters) "- 2 days ago"

And Reuters News Service;

# IAEA chief calls on Iran to reciprocate U.S. moves "- 1 hour ago"Iran should reciprocate recent overtures by the Obama administration to discuss its nuclear program, Mohamed ElBaradei, chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said on Monday.
# NATO forces foil pirate attack on tanker "- 9 hours ago"NATO forces foiled an attack by Somali pirates on a Norwegian oil tanker, and briefly detained seven gunmen after hunting them down under cover of darkness, NATO officials said on Sunday.
# IAEA says dialogue only way forward for North Korea "- 2 hours ago"International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei on Monday called for new dialogue to solve the diplomatic stand-off with North Korea, adding that he hopes the six-party talks will resume an...
# Iran president to address U.N. racism summit "- 5 hours ago"A United Nations conference on racism shunned by the United States and many of its allies opens on Monday when a speech by Iran's president, also regarded with suspicion by the West, will be the focus...
# About 5,000 flee Sri Lanka war zone, bomb wounds 17 "- 55 minutes ago"

Day in, day out . . . Gloom and doom, murders, rapes, robberies, mayhem, wars, sex, lies and videotape, ad infinitum!

So I researched past stories - yep, the same old stuff. Even on the day of the tea parties we had the same old stuff. On the local (phoenix is local for the entire state of Arizona) TV news today was what do you think? A protest! Thats what!

What protest?

ILLEGAL ALIENS WANT IMMIGRATION REFORM! That protest. why? WHY? WHY?

The leadoff words were "Dozens protest for immigration reform" and thats as far as I got before I shut off the TV lest I shoot it . . .

Out of all the crap going on in the world today and everyday, our news folks in Phoenix are worried about "dozens" of folks protesting for immigration reform.

Yet, when almost a million people protested nation wide against our runaway government spending and such, what happened? Nary a word from our local TV folks, and that brings me to ask the very pertinent question;

ARE THEY DRUNK, ON DRUGS, OR JUST PLAIN STUPID?

3 comments:

undertaker said...

I vote "all of the above", and in the pocket of the current resident of the White House. The biggest story of the century is happening right under their noses in the form of a Republic being dismantled and they can't report objectively less they provoke the ire of the DHS, FBI and the "one". Now, the fact that they cannot write about it is, in itself, a big story to write about.

esomhillgazette said...

I would have to say that last part Rowe.

Unknown said...

Morning GA!
I think all of the above would best define our MSM. They cover the things that shouldn't be given the time of day, then don't cover the things that are relevant to all of us as Americans. No wonder we are in the state we're in with a president and cabinet that think on the job training is what suits our country. Needless to say, I'm completely disillusioned.