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I find the overall national coverage of politics and entertainment by the media to be shameful and somewhat lazy. It must be a slow news day when reporters are hot on bringing up Bill Clinton’s past sexual escapades or Britney’s latest fall from grace instead of going to the trouble of finding real news. But most importantly, I am really getting annoyed at the writers of many recent television, newspaper and internet news stories, especially the headlines.
Although likely intended to attract our attention, intentionally inflammatory words like “blasts”, “mocks”, “rips”, “disses” or “slams” to represent someone expressing even mild disagreement turn me off entirely. I cannot imagine Presindet Cater blasting anyone. Also, we repeat even the mundane issues endlessly, especially if they can inject some implied prurient interest. In our age of high stress levels, we do not need the headlines or the articles to misrepresent what lies in the actual context of the facts. Why can’t two or more people simply disagree on an issue without it being raised to the level of “blasting’ or “slamming” or any of these other words? I hope we move back to true reporting someday, instead of sensationalism and cute metaphorical headlines. I wish for a day when the media would cover the news of the nation and the world and discard the rhetoric and the hype. Wishful thinking? I suspect so.