Broken Leg, Broken Media--It's No Competition
Can it really be that Barbaro's broken leg in the Preakness is one of the most important stories of the week? And that the "American Idol" finale is the second-leading story of the week?
Not to minimize Barabro's injury, but . . . he's a friggin' horse. A horse. And "American Idol" is . . . a television show. I will note that the show "24" also gets a ridiculous amount of coverage, especially on the Internets.
Meanwhile, there is news out there. If the media would look for it.
posted by Number Three @ 6:37 AM
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not to pull the UK is better card, but perhaps to show how bad it truly is in the US: I just watched 20 minutes of the BBC's 24-hour channel, which cycles through news like Headline news, and they devoted about 15 minutes (or half of their cycle) to live coverage of the PM's question session in parliament. And not a staged, pre-chosen 15 minutes. Just the 15 that happened to be happening at the time I tuned in.
Yes, they did interview the winner of last year's UK Apprentice program on the day the second series was to air its finale. So it's not all about politics, war, 'real news'. But it's mostly about that.
And you know what? I'm starting to get weary of the BBC's ever-so-slightly-to-the-right agenda. Of course on the UK scale of L-R, not the US scale. I suppose that makes me a real Brit.
Dude, you are way off on this one. I'm not a big horseracing guy, but Barbaro was a hell of a horse, winning the Derby by the largest margin in 60 years. His Preakness stumble was excruciating. I had nothing invested, and I found it really wrenching anyway.
And do you really want more coverage of William Jefferson?
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