I know I've been absent this week. The tornados have had a terrible impact on our community and I've been doing my part to help, donate and pitch in where I can. But today, I am just pissed and it had to happen in MY state.
Today we are witnessing an offshoot of the Missing White Female syndrome in which the news media whips itself into a frenzy - ignoring real news and things that have a dramatic impact on day-to-day life. This was the case with the Natalie Holloway disappearance - 24/7 coverage for weeks on end.
Over the last 24 hours, we've been witnessing this offshoot with Anna Nicole Smith. Can we just get real? MSNBC dedicated a one hour special in which they did not cover any other news. The cameras lined up outside the Broward County Medical Examiner's office are just sick. It's on every cable news channel and every cable news outlet's website is leading with this story.
Even CNBC is covering this story?!?!
I'm not saying the media shouldn't cover the story but PLEASE! There are more important things happening in our community today.
- FEMA did an about face on Christmas Day tornado relief but have duplicated the system in Orlando wasting hundreds of thousands of dollars that could go to relief.
- Roberts Gates furthers the Iran frenzy.
- The Pentagon cooked the war intel.
- Another FEMA disaster is looming in upstate New York.
And that's just to name a few. Please, people, get some perspective.
That is all.
