January 9, 2010

Random Soapbox for Saturday 1/9/10

I don't mean to go off on a rant here, but ...

... with newscasts often over-filled with bad news anyway -- do they really have to get into the obituary business? Have you seen what's happening in nearby Saginaw -- about two minutes of "tasteful" screens of "daily death notices" during the local newscasts. Supposedly spurred on by the slow and painful death of newsprint (and a rant within a rant -- have you read the Sunday "funnies" recently -- because more than not, 2-3 cartoons will be referencing that torturous decline in some way each week), this new source of revenue might just inspire a full half hour weekly show, according to this interview! I guess it's really the ultimate reality show, if you think about it. Morbid much?

http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/company-news/dead-at-five-obituaries-move-to-tv-as-stations-find-revenue-in/19201028/

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