The News?

Back in the day, TV news was actually a news program. They focused on news events and not some garbage to fill the time. Here in our new found land, I channel surf trying to find out what is going on in the world or at least the local weather forecast.

Today, I watched a local channel where two anchors were having a discussion on shaving. Do men cut themselves more shaving their face or do women get more nicks shaving their legs. Now that’s hard core news. By today’s standards, it is. And, when the discussion was over, they presented a story as being current, when it happened almost a week ago. It was not a follow up story. This channel seems to always be about a week late. What happens if the world is about to end? It’ll be three days before they report it. I switched the channel.

The next channel did have a hot breaking story. The sheriffs department has arrested a man for having a whiskey still. And, he had 200 gallons of the finished product. I’m not sure if the world is about to end, but I do know there’s a still out of business - at least until the man makes bail.

Some of you are too young to remember the Huntley-Brinkley report. It was a thirty minute report with reasonable objectivity. They were journalist, not entertainers. Oh, for the good old days.

For those that do remember.

Good night Chet - Good night David.

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