February 21, 2007: It's Not "The News." It's "The Bad News"
Today, I was feeling guilty about celebri-spiraling until I looked at the CNN headlines.
It's not "the news." It's "the bad news."
In addition to Anna Nicole live courtroom drama and bald Britney in rehab, these are CNN's top headlines right this minute:
Iran defiant as nuclear deadline expires
New poison gas blast kills 2 in Iraq
U.N.: Philippines military responsible for killings
Thousands flee deadly fighting in eastern Congo
18 drowned in India school outing
Suicide car bomb kills 8 in Najaf
Howard rules out Australian troop withdrawal
'Sport killings' of homeless on the rise
U.S. admiral questions Iran's motives
Deadly toxic bomb hits Iraqi town
Iran close to enriching uranium
No wonder so many of us turn to entertainment escapism, even sordid, pulp fiction nonsense like the wrangling over Anna Nicole Smith's baby daddy, body, and potential estate windfall. Everything else right now is a total buzzkill.For a change of pace, visit Goodnewsnow.com and Happynews.com. They may feel a little corny, but that's because we're so damn cynical and conditioned to expect atrocity, like a perverse pack of Pavlov's dogs, salivating over daily rations of misery.
Or, just get the sad news made fun from Jon Stewart and The Daily Show. They do a yeoman's job of getting the key news across without making me reach for the Zoloft, Vodka, or remote.
posted by Dave Singleton @ 8:49 AM
2 Comments:
I am the webmaster for www.goodnewnow.com. Thanks for the mention. I will confess my job can be depressing, reading through all the news. I am like everybody's mom, "Don't read that junk!" Also I find myself reading about Britney from time to time, it is like chocolate, I guess it makes me feel good for a minute because I am not that messed up. But then I feel disgusted. I could have been reading the art section of the New York Times instead.
Lol, you are welcome, oh happy webmaster.
Yes, but Britney coverage is not one small delicious deserved piece of Godiva. It is quite the opposite. It's more like eating four corn-syrupy chocolate sundaes in a row - compulsively and without really tasting - then wanting to hurl afterwards.
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