TV news is convenient but very frustrating. We record four hour-long news programs in the morning so we can catch up on world, national, and local happenings over our morning cup of coffee while zipping past commercials. What we get is newscasters telling us what they’ll tell us about–after the commercials–or non-news that says there’s nothing happening, say, with a strike or hearing, but they promise to keep us posted about what isn’t happening. They give “updates” on stories they’ve already told us, but they have nothing new to add. Then there’s the weather, repeated by the weather person six or more times, in addition to snippets from the news desk.
Bless the person who invented fast-forward! Even so, when I timed it, all we get is a single hour of news.
By the way, this coming Sunday I won’t have anything to blog about. But don’t worry…I’ll keep you updated on that non-blog.