I am sick and tired of the media wasting our time with meaningless crap about people who don't matter to barely anyone on the planet!
The Amanda Knox case in Italy, while perhaps intriguing, really doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things. Her conviction personally affected maybe a few hundred people; her family, the family of those involved in the case, the family of the victim, and some good friends. That’s it.
Tiger Woods affected nobody but he and his wife and the people that make money covering him or representing him.
The Salahi's matter to themselves; and that's it.
Sarah Palin matters to Keith Olbermann who can't stop covering her!
What about the Copenhagen Climate Summit, Health Care Reform, and the war in Afghanistan? These affect at least a few hundred million people if not a billion; as does the still ongoing war in Iraq.
Perhaps the media sets a new standard that they focus on stories that affect most of us, instead of none of us. Okay, the 24 hour news stations are exempt for now because they are ratings whores; but the CBS, ABC, and NBC news need to start with this standard right away.
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