Mikaela says:
Probably not speaking to too many of you out there, but today's news cycle reminds me of holiday Soaps: nothing happens. In the lives of people whose every moment screams drama, on holidays -- it all comes screeching to a halt, and all they ever show is people sitting around a table, smiling at each other, even if tomorrow they will return to scheming to steal each other's children and wives.
I looked at all my papers today -- the old standbys -- and no one had anything good. Does the holiday affect newspapers like Soaps?
Apparently so.
Just look at the list of top e-mailed stories from today's NY Times:
- This Is Your Brain Under Hypnosis
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Thomas L. Friedman: George Bush's Third Term - Op-Ed Contributor: Organic and Then Some
- Making Artists: Video Games Are Their Major, So Don't Call Them Slackers
- Native Foods Nourish Again
The first isn't news.
The second is an editorial.
The third wasn't even written by a staff member.
The fourth? Come on!
The fifth is a fluffy holiday food piece!
Here's what I really hope some reporters will track down during the holiday break, after taking a rest and enjoying their families:
- Whatever happened to the revelation about the first Downing Street memo, especially in light of the new Downing Street leak about Bush wanting to bomb Al Jazeera (by the way -- isn't bombing media outlets against international law? Why isn't that reported prominantly in any of the stories about this???)
- What's happening on the oil industry front? So they lied to Congress about not being involved with Cheney's energy task force... Can someone please connect the dots to show all the subsidies that we gave them in the recent Energy bill that led to record profits and oh, I don't know, REVERSE THEM?
- What's up with Woodward? Whose side is he on, anyway? What good is being in bed with the White House -- I mean, embedded in the White House -- if you don't actually EXPOSE anything? What's he waiting for? What's his angle?
- For that matter, what's up with Karl Rove? Someone should be tailing that guy. Where's the papparazzi with you need them? You know left in darkness for a second, this guy cooks up super daring deeds of nefarious evilitude -- stay on him!
- And somebody please tell me what's up with Condi Rice! Now her staff is implicated in the Plame Game. What's her role?
- Last but not least, what's up with that little whiner Scott McClellan? Has he wiped all that egg off his face yet? Did anyone get a good photo? No one? What is it with you people? This is classic Dynasty shit!
Now get back to work and get me some goddamn news! Inquiring minds want to know.
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