Thursday, May 27, 2004
A news overload lament...
So much ink used everyday, so few stories that capture the public's imagination. Every day brings ugliness from Iraq, accompanied by analysis that should cause even more ill-stirrings. But what do people get from the major TV networks? Kobe and American Idol. The real story is that over 800 Americans have died in Iraq. Instead, we get the AG and FBI, looking to scare us on some subliminal level, planting the thought that the next attack is a moment of weakness away. As Rummy might say, "oh my goodness." No explanation, just a folksy redirection and nothing else offered.
We don't get off so easy here, though. Unread and in the ether - that is the role so many have filled for the moment. Tapped into what shames all of us about this whole Messopotamia. And looking for some sense to come of all of it.
So much ink used everyday, so few stories that capture the public's imagination. Every day brings ugliness from Iraq, accompanied by analysis that should cause even more ill-stirrings. But what do people get from the major TV networks? Kobe and American Idol. The real story is that over 800 Americans have died in Iraq. Instead, we get the AG and FBI, looking to scare us on some subliminal level, planting the thought that the next attack is a moment of weakness away. As Rummy might say, "oh my goodness." No explanation, just a folksy redirection and nothing else offered.
We don't get off so easy here, though. Unread and in the ether - that is the role so many have filled for the moment. Tapped into what shames all of us about this whole Messopotamia. And looking for some sense to come of all of it.
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