the cacophony of sarcophagi (and other tales)

In under 10 minutes, Jon Stewart manages to succinctly sum up everything that is wrong with television news. It’s really a shame because, as things like 60 Minutes and Meet the Press have shown, video really can be an amazing medium to explain and discuss the most important news and problems of today’s incredibly complex world

Oh well. So much for technology equating to social progress.

Silver lining: in addition to this catch phrase, I can now add “Nobody Leaves More Things There” to my mental rolodex of reasons that sports and comedy are almost the only things of value left on television. Here’s another fun way this can help you amuse yourself: if you find yourself at someone else’s house and he or she is flipping through the channels on TV and stops on CNN, yell out ”NOOOooo. Don’t leave it there. Why would you leave it there? There is a terrible place to leave it.”

The lesson here: Read, people, read.