I always wanted to be a journalist when I grew up. I majored in it and worked on a newspaper for a while before I was diverted into radio production and then advertising copy writing. If I had stuck with it perhaps I'd be polishing a Pulitzer. But more than likely, I'd be assigned one of the biggest non-events in recent memory -- the balloon boy.
Even if the kid had been inside, did it warrant hours of coverage, followed by hours, ad nauseum (literally on the Today Show), of interviews with the family? The whole caper is more Letterman than CNN. The reddish tint on your TV is the media's collective embarrassment.
It must have been a really slow news day. John and Kate took a day off from bickering. No kittens were trapped on a ledge anywhere in America.
I heard Brian Williams say on NPR how thankful he was to have been on vacation when this non-story broke. Good timing, Bri.
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