Snowpacolypse and the News

In order to break myself from the same old same old which I'm accustomed to, I followed Rev's suit and got back into blogging. Another opinionated asshole on a keyboard. I have to censor myself quite a bit whether it be on fachebook or on comic vine, so this is just another venue to let off steam I guess.

I've been glued to the window just as much as I've been glued to my xbox during snowpacolypse 2011. Although people spend their time complaining about the shit, I've just decided to sit back and watch. I've also been watching the news. Why are they still sending out field reporters during shite weather? We all know it sucks out, but do we have to be reminded by ABC news showing us Johnny Intern holding a mic outside in the worst part of the storm? Just now there's another winner standing on an overpass, above the Kennedy making informative comments like, "the wind and snow is so bad the driver's have to pump their brakes." first off, it isn't that bad. Secondly, that's crack reporting. Someone give this team some sort of award for that informative reporting. Why do we give the lame ass press so much fucking attention? I do it because it's half a notch above the pathetic... And mildly hilarious.

I love human interest pieces though. It's the worst of then worst when it comes to the news. Nothing says high quality journalism like covering the church bake sale, so the congregation can get a new willow tree. Or maybe a great story about "Chippy" the dog? When Chippy barks it sounds like he is saying "I love you." I just want the news. I don't need smiling faces and make-up. I want a grizzled 75 year old man giving me the facts. Preferably a veteran. I want to smell the cynicism buried behind his voice. That's right... Smell it. The problem is that news is all flash, but no pop. It's a David Blane magic trick. 5 minutes in you're saying to yourself, "wait, this isn't magic. It's a guy standing on a pedestal for an hour." do what I'm doing instead. Turn it off and watch a western.

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