Not News
As you may or may not know, the Democratic National Convention is in the process of nominating John Kerry as its candidate for President of the United States.
There are 15,000 media representatives covering the convention.
I am currently watching a NightLine report which itself is reporting on the media. It is a bit disheartening to realize that today is considered a slow news day. If you missed it, the Democratic National Convention is in the process of nominating John Kerry as its candidate for President of the United States. That’s not news. The convention is a scripted event without surprise or controversy. Does anyone really think that John Kerry won’t accept the nomination tomorrow? That would be some interesting news if he didn’t.
There are other stories. Some quite interesting. Some which will critically effect life as we know it. But there is a general lack of desire on the part of many of the news outlets to report on even the most obvious stories. Much of this lack of interest, I believe, is because the nature of modern news requires that any story be distilled into sound bites. Most of the real stories are too complex to fit into the normal news cycle.
It makes me a bit sad. I’m going back to watching the belly-button gazing of the media and the Democrats.