And this is why I don't watch the news anymore
Submitted by Robert Daeley on Tue, 2007-08-14 12:39.
It’s not Bread and Circuses, because at least the bread would be vaguely nutritious. Here’s the current headlines on CNN’s front page:
- Wife who killed preacher husband freed (wife killing husband, murder, death, religion, children)
- Flossie nears Hawaii; Dean forms in Atlantic (potential mass death and destruction)
- Barbie, Batman, Polly Pocket recalled (dangerous toys, children in danger, suicide)
- SI: Hall of Famer Phil Rizzuto dies (sports, death)
- Baghdad baby rescued from garbage (war, child in danger)
- 16,000 troops hunt al Qaeda in Iraq (war, terrorism, death and destruction)
- Imus settles with CBS, ready for work (racism, controversy)
- Pedophile arrested near day care (children in danger)
- WJXT: Man ‘mad at God’ drives into church (craziness, religion)
- Ticker: Gloves off: Mrs. Edwards blasts Obama (political melodrama)
- Navarrette: Illegal aliens — the new recruits? (illegal immigration, war)
- WRTV: Indiana woman world’s oldest person (feel-good story)
- Apologizing rapist freed after 6 months (rape, women in danger)
- Playground spontaneously burns on tape (children in danger)
- Say goodbye to ‘John from Cincinnati’ (TV show cancelled)
- Toilet-paper prank is ‘what class is about’ (obligatory weird news item)