28 August 2006

The Epitome of Reckless

I have refused to mention the whole John Mark Karr/JonBenet Ramsey thing-a-mabob because it isn't news.

But now that the DNA doesn't match and Karr doesn't look like the guy, I have to comment on the sad state of our news media. Actually, Timothy Sexton says it best:
CNN gave us live updates on what Karr ate and drank on his plane flight home. The plane carrying those dead [soldiers] from Iraq received no updates. Karr should stand as an [example] to CNN, MSNBC, Fox, ABC, CBS, NBC and every other broadcast news outlet in America to pause and reconsider what is really a story that needs to be told and what isn't.
I saw this fiasco coming from a mile away. I can understand a brief mention of an arrest on the local 6:00 news in Boulder. But saturation coverage on the national networks? In this day and age?

It's irresponsible and the epitome of reckless.