Tuesday, October 13, 2009
NOT SO MUCH
When I get all het up about something some fucking airhead says on cable news I lose perspective.
Kevin Drum brings me back.
I knew, but forget, that the people who watch cable news in the day average in the hundreds of thousands. Not millions.
A lot of the noise is in an echo chamber. A closed system.
And then I read about the cable news stuff in some of the blogs. So it amplifies.
There is sure a huge difference between the NYTimes which I read on line every day and cable. Audience and numbers of people. Millions. Not big but bigger. And sane.
A lot of this has to do with what I expose myself to. Peace of mind is a lot more important than a deconstruction of Glen Beck or any of the lesser idiots and wing nuts who are out there working to attract eyes to ads. Noise.
This doesn't mean that they don't have impact. They do. They stimulate other broadcasters, and to some extent, newspapers.
I often see a watered down version of some hyper ventilated news item on CNN a day or two later. With both sides. Pap actually.
So there it is.
Put in its place for today.
And tomorrow it will rear its ugly head again in my mind. But not out there.
Labels: republican whack jobs, television
