Slow news day?
November 20th, 2002 by Larry Burton
Will someone please explain to me why this is news worthy? On my ride home from work last night, while I was shaving this morning and now while I’m browsing the online news Michael Jackson dangling his infant son from a 5th floor balconey has been dominating the news with (currently) 217 related stories being tracked by Google News. We’ve got major oil spills off the coasts of Spain and Portugal, the EU wanting to take the US to the WTO court over trade disputes, and the Venezuelan army taking control of Caracas from the civil police and we have radio talk show hosts and tv morning shows fixating on MJ and his worthyness as a parent. Sheesh, most likely he isn’t a very worthy parent but that should not be earth shaking news garnering this much attention.
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