I don’t know about you, but I’m already finding it harder to find the news I’m interested in now. Seems to me that news is devolving from actual reporting to just another form of entertainment.

My local newspaper has been slashed down to fluff and advertisments. CNN has cut their entire science reporting corp (kudos to Chris Higgins BTW for regularly posting great science stuff… keep it up!).

I’m also getting sick of hearing whatever the stupid story of the moment is spun over-and-over again (I could care less about a lady with too many kids of whatever moronic thing some celebrity has done…)

So I find myself turning to the internet to find out what’s actually happening in the world. I keep hearing visual and print media complaining about losing viewers/readers to the Internet… my argument is they’re not losing them, they’re giving them away. The first news agency that figures this out and starts to report again might see more people return.

Ahh… Thanks. I feel better now. [/rant]

If traditional media could be relied upon to deliver the news objectively, they probably wouldn’t be dying out in the first place.

Have you noticed that it’s now more expensive to buy 1 copy of the Sunday edition of the New York Times ($4 in NY, $5 elsewhere) than it is to buy 1 copy of New York Times stock (closed at $3.77 yesterday)?

The guys from Top Gear find out it’s not so easy to drive an eighteen-wheeler, especially in the Alps! Don’t give up your day jobs, fellas.

Um, I do believe that is their day job.

Oh, and I’m blocked from Cracked because work thinks it’s TASTELESS. Geez.