Media: please stop with the non-stories

Posted on November 28th, 2009 by ecthompson

The mainstream media is always looking for something to capture America’s imagination and attention. It seems that content does not matter. They’re looking for the next “Baby Jessica.” Whether it is following a flying contraption and wondering if a child isn’t it or the fact that a couple crashed an official state dinner, the media is going to cover it to death. (Unless this couple are connected to Al Qaeda or the Russian mafia. This is not a story.)

Now, the media is all over Tiger Woods. He has all the ingredients. He’s famous. There is a “mysterious” car crash in the middle of the morning. There’s the wife using a golf club, yes, a golf club to break in the back window. Why was he out at two in the morning? Were they fighting? Was he drunk? Who cares? As long as Tiger Woods, one of the most famous people the world, is okay, I don’t care about the details. Let the authorities handle the details. I want to know where Congress is in creating jobs. I want to know where we are on healthcare legislation. I want to know why Mary Landrieu, Ben Nelson and Blanche Lincoln, three senators, are allowed to hold up six months worth of effort in writing healthcare legislation. I want to know what backroom deals are being offered and promised. I want to know why the mainstream media can’t do their jobs and report the actual news.

From CNN:

Florida highway patrol troopers plan to talk to pro golfer Tiger Woods on Saturday to get more information about his car crash near his home, a spokeswoman said.

Woods was treated and released from a hospital after suffering minor injuries in a car accident early Friday in his central Florida neighborhood. (more…)

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  • ecthompson
    according to politico.com the president received his economic briefing at four o'clock this afternoon.
  • ecthompson


    The jobless recovery was under the Bush administration. You are so wrong but then again you that. Under Clinton 22 million jobs were created. The number of federal employees under Clinton decreased. Dude you have no data to back up this statement which you have heard and repeated time and time again. Within the last 20 years, there isn't one shred of data to back up your outlandish statements. I love you buddy but you need to stop listening to Hannity who is just leading you completely astray.

    Finally, are you saying that more competition leads to a worse product? Interesting. :)
  • ecthompson
    according to politico.com the president received his economic briefing at four o'clock this afternoon.
  • ecthompson
    The jobless recovery was under the Bush administration. You are so wrong but then again you that. Under Clinton 22 million jobs were created. The number of federal employees under Clinton decreased. Dude you have no data to back up this statement which you have heard and repeated time and time again. Within the last 20 years, there isn't one shred of data to back up your outlandish statements. I love you buddy but you need to stop listening to Hannity who is just leading you completely astray.

    Finally, are you saying that more competition leads to a worse product? Interesting. :)
  • Bud Brooks
    Yes, we all want to know where Congress is on creating jobs; they've done nothing so far, and they are doing a very good job at doing nothing. This has become a jobless recovery, which is not a recovery. Liberalism does not create private sector jobs; it creates government jobs and government dependence.

    And as for the Tiger Woods story, all you need to know is "If it bleeds, it leads." But yes, I think we all agree that much of it is crap, but that's because there are so many news media outlets and sources, that they are all competing with one another. That leads to everyone trying to outdo each other, which creates more and more sensationalism.
  • Bud Brooks
    Yes, we all want to know where Congress is on creating jobs; they've done nothing so far, and they are doing a very good job at doing nothing.  This has become a jobless recovery, which is not a recovery.  Liberalism does not create private sector jobs; it creates government jobs and government dependence.

    And as for the Tiger Woods story, all you need to know is "If it bleeds, it leads."  But yes, I think we all agree that much of it is crap, but that's because there are so many news media outlets and sources, that they are all competing with one another.  That leads to everyone trying to outdo each other, which creates more and more sensationalism.
  • Joe White
    Associated Press story this morning:

    Obama watched a basketball game
  • Joe White
    Associated Press story this morning:

    Obama watched a basketball game
  • ecthompson
    You are exactly right. It is complete crap.

    Thanks for your comments.
  • ecthompson
    You are exactly right. It is complete crap.

    Thanks for your comments.
  • Scott...
    This is exactly why I stopped watching the news. Once the main stories are over, I move on. CRAP. CRAP and MORE CRAP. This is even pervasive in sports news. I just want the scores and highlights. Not all the non news.
    Scott...
  • Scott...
    This is exactly why I stopped watching the news. Once the main stories are over, I move on. CRAP. CRAP and MORE CRAP. This is even pervasive in sports news. I just want the scores and highlights. Not all the non news.
    Scott...
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