tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26528254.post6997731125753402055..comments2023-11-09T02:09:39.762-06:00Comments on The Wood Life: News people make me crankyKristinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01026884443452060916noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26528254.post-7518484870340069262008-06-17T16:37:00.000-05:002008-06-17T16:37:00.000-05:00I got it. "Hey theres duck out there" I missed th...I got it. "Hey theres duck out there" I missed the playground part, but I definitely got the "up up" part. Must be the power of positve thinking!<BR/>MoMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26528254.post-32513938587970110032008-06-17T15:17:00.000-05:002008-06-17T15:17:00.000-05:00As a former "news bastard", I have to agree. Outsi...As a former "news bastard", I have to agree. Outside of election night coverage, I generally stay away from television news entirely these days.<BR/><BR/>The problem is too much time to fill, too many outlets to program for and not enough diversification in coverage to make it all work. Five different major cable news networks would be great if they weren't all pounding on the same exact story for 23 hours a day. We've entered the era of pile-on journalism.<BR/><BR/>Sometimes five minutes at the top of the hour is enough to cover a story. Let's move on. Flooding is horrible and gas prices suck, but other things happened today. Unfortunately, the lead story is often times the <I>only</I> story nowadays.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26528254.post-58352018743427033122008-06-17T10:25:00.000-05:002008-06-17T10:25:00.000-05:00UGH, the news makes me incredibly cranky. That's ...UGH, the news makes me incredibly cranky. That's why I don't watch it. I depend on my husband to give me the major headlines, edited for my weepy still-somewhat-postpartum self.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com