04 March 2005

Bread and Circuses

I thought we'd hit the all-time low with the OJ trial, but now CNN listed their top story as Martha Stewart's release from prison. In fact, if you had insomnia last night you would have noticed around 2:30 in the morning that cnn.com was listing her release from "prison" as a "breaking news" red background item. I can understand E! being interested in Martha Stewart's release from the drudgery of wearing comfy sweats, but a supposedly reputable news channel? It just goes to show that there simply isn't enough news to fill 24 hours.

There are some things I just don't understand the appeal of. Martha Stewart is one of them. Here are some more: Backstreet Boys, Nsync, etc.; Vin Diesel; the British Royal Family -- first, they're utterly irrelevant to policy and second, they're not the American Royal Family; Reality TV of any kind, but especially Fear Factor; Limp Bizkit; Linkin Park; Michael Jackson post-Bad -- Thriller I can see, but Bad took all the air out of it; anything whatsoever having to do with Paris Hilton.

I am utterly cranky.

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