ROFLMFAO@all above!

Um...OK...so I feel better now that I am not alone in hating getting "opinionated reports" from all the different news sources. They all try to put a slant on the news they report to make the ratings for their particular station or paper, as opposed to truly informing us in an unbiased manner. The best of the worst is the news of the day. If it's an extremely bad situation (ie: mistreatment of POW's or hostages or a pro football player turned soldier or civilian taped murder)...that's all that's reported on for days, with each reporter speculating and formulating and injecting his personal opinion into the story. It's not that I can't read between the lines and decypher the actual story, it's just that I can't stand having a need to do it when such serious things are happening and all that is thought about is ratings and sales circulation!

What headline will sell the most papers? Nevermind that the family of the person in the headline is in deep mourning and needs to see another, more horrible than the other, story about their lost loved one, like they need another hole in their head!

What's the most horrific thing that we have on tape to play over and over again to play up to the masses curiousity and have them tune in, in this time slot on our station, so we can check the ratings and make claim to the highest rated news show watched? Nevermind that "we the people" are human and WILL watch...not for our satisfaction, but because we are inundated with this type of reporting, and nothing more constructive and productive, until we can filter through the ratings-making nonsense and figure out the actuality, all on our own!

TY for the link Lil! And TY for replying everyone! I'd watch/read you all because despite the silliness, or maybe even BEACUSE of the silliness, I am more informed now than I have been in a while! Keep up the excellent reporting!

*hugs*

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