What’s in the news today, I wonder?
Ahhh, ’twas the question on my mind as I mindlessly typed in http://www.cnn.com this morning (I need to stop defaulting to CNN simply because it is easy to type). Here were my choices for news stories on the home page:
Indianapolis suspect ‘started shooting everybody’ - Wow, started shooting everybody?! How horrifying and simultaneously irresistibly interesting – maybe we should all sit glued to the tv today to learn of the latest breaking developments.
Iran: Nuclear plan ‘positive’ and ‘ambiguous’ What a positively ambiguous headline.
Doctors remove baby’s third arm - Whew, thank the Lord. My sleep has been plagued by images of that third arm – now life can return to normal.
Radio station caters to rapists, killers, robbers - Stuffed salmon and macaroni?
‘Night Stalker’ wants a new murder trial - Well, since we’re not biasing potential jurors against the defendant in the media, why not give him a new trial?
Suspected hit-and-run grannies plead not guilty - Look both ways before crossing the street lest you get mowed down by some hit-and-run granny.
5 shot, 3 killed, in West Virginia home - Ugh!
Tiny officer gets help taking down 6’11” suspect - Nothing like stripping a police officer of a bit of dignity. Would you want to be known as the tiny officer?
6-6-6: Is our number really up? - God only knows.
Why do I even bother with the mass media? From this point, I am officially forcing my fingers not to easily type “cnn.com,” but I vow to go the extra mile to type “bbc.co.uk” or “npr.org” instead. Time to move on – I think I learn more from The Daily Show and several of my fellow bloggers anyway.