Man Catches Fish
We live in an age of information, we are told.
Indeed.
I just looked at CNN.com. As I am writing this post, under “Latest News,” the site lists twenty news stories. Some of them are rather important. However, among the twenty stories that CNN considers important enough to label “Latest News,” one also finds the following eight headlines (my comments in italics):
“Singer Winehouse admitted to hospital” (Wouldn’t it be easier to report when something bad doesn’t happen to Amy?)
“Space-tourism mothership unveiled” (O…K…)
“Man deposits millions, one tattered bill at a time” (WTF?)
“Moustache pulls batter out of slump” (Giambi’s porn ’stache is hideous. Is it news?)
“Huge shark caught with bait, hoisted” (Let me see if I understand this - someone went fishing, used some bait, caught something, and hoisted it up? Holy sh*t!)
“Are you a millionaire in the making?” (Incidentally, no. But can anyone consider this “news?” Is CNN suddenly a sweepstakes? Is Ed McMahon lurking on the website somewhere?)
“Honey, I cheated with your checkbook” (Write your own joke here).
“Beer marathoners run, drink, vomit” (“CNN.com readers read, think, vomit”).
“Cop on desk duty after decking cyclist” (Dear cop: please visit editors of CNN.com and get busy).
There you have it. “Latest News.”
