BIG NEWS USUALLY IS BAD NEWS!

BIG NEWS USUALLY IS BAD NEWS!

(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Ashley Luthern, Weird News)

(Joe Marfice, Piet Levy, Bloomberg News, Associated Press, Bruce Vielmetti)

(Reuters, Herman Wasserman, Kevin Glynn, Tabloid Britain, David Kline, Dan Burstein)

(Revenge of the Blog People, Michael Gorman, David Nasaw, Mark M. Welter, Frazer Chronicle)

 

Have you ever heard of Justine Bieber, Lindsay Lohan, Madonna, or Beyonce, if you haven’t you’re either a monk, or a priest living on a mountain-top in Tibet, or you don’t know how to read. These are people whose lives mean next to zero, yet there important to us if for nothing else that the fact that they deter us from the crap that goes on in the world every day.

With these people, for them and for us, big news almost always means nothing with regards to the rigors of the daily grind that our lives usually become. Who could turn down a trip through the fantasy world of the Kardashians (Kim and Khloe)? And what about the ongoing struggles of Beyonce and Jay Z, I know my day wouldn’t be complete without another episode of these current vanguards of entertainers.

Of course Bob and Maureen McDonnell, and Antony Weiner, and their high profile scandals, one involved body parts being exposed, the other for business favors (I don’t think sex favors were involved), in exchange for $165,000 in loans and gifts. Antony Weiner, New York State Congressman had served in that capacity since 1999 and never received less than 59% of the votes. He resigned from office in 2011 not because of political pressure, but from sexting certain parts of his body to adult women on his Twitter account.

Former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell and his wife have been accused of fraud, conspiracy and obstruction of an official proceeding could get 30 years on the more serious charges. McDonnell was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1954, is a Republican, got his education from Notre Dame, Boston University and Regent University. McDonnell went up the political ladder a few rungs further then Tony Weiner, being elected Governor of Virginia, and served one full term before for whatever reason he and his wife, Maureen, needed a loan.

The proverbial roof caved in June, 2013 when Bob and Maureen were the subject of a critical Washington Post article detailing improper spending at the Executive Mansion for energy drinks, dog food, and Detox Cleanse. It was a family thing all the way, as McDonnell twins Sean and Bobby, and sister Rachel carted off more than $2,400 of state bought supplies to their college dorm rooms…..Bob and Maureen wrote a $2,400 check to the state of Virginia repaying the taxpayers in full!    

POP STAR ARRESTED…..GOOD

Justin Bieber was arrested on a DUI and drag racing charges in Miami, Florida this past Thursday which brought an irate father figure Jeremy Jack Bieber stomping out of his seclusive life-style and to a protective stance beside his son. Mother Pattie Mallette was nowhere to be found, and is believed to be vacationing in her home country of Canada in between hits on her bong.

This kid, Justin Bieber looks, at least to me, like a baby, which he is, the kid isn’t 20 years old yet, and he’s already making most of the adults around him millionaires. The “little fella” was born March 1, 1994, which begs the question “minor in possession of alcohol” at least to me. If you ever have a prodigy and you want to be successful, follow this kid’s example, you can’t miss.

He was on his own in 2008, when he was discovered, by Scooter Braun, any relation to Ryan Braun, who became his talent manager, and Bieber later signed a contract to Raymond Braun Media Group, and then to an Island Records recording contract offered by executive L.A. Reid.

If there ever was a kid who started with the wrong people in his corner, it’s gotta be Justin Bieber, with two loopy parents, and a bunch of seeming shady business people in probably the lower end of the recording industry.

NEWSPAPERS, COMPUTER NEWS FEEDS RESEMBLE TABLOIDS WHO

WHO RESEMBLE YELLOW JOURNALISM, AND FINALLY THE BLOG

First there was the printed word, or the weekly rag, then it used to be called Yellow Journalism, this was before there were the Tabloids, and now there’s Computer generated news. Each has distinct differences, yet they are all the same. Of course I did leave one additional source of news out, it’s the blog which has instantly made almost anybody with twitchy fingers, a keyboard and a computer screen a journalist.

I do not consider myself a journalist, I’d be what you’d call “a day short and a dollar late on education” however, if a love of the English language, and a keen interest as well as respect for history…..of all types, then ya, you could pencil me in…..but only as an amateur journalist, or a cub reporter.

I’ve learned that each of us, in varying degrees, desires some sort of a platform from which we can deliver our message. Some of us need a bigger platform, while others…..not so big. I hope that I fall in with the not so big types. I’ve found a medium that allows me to express my thoughts and opinions to a wide and varied audience, and I am thankful for that.

Newspapers, bloggers, and computer generated news sources have a responsibility, and it’s not that hokey one that’s listed in many rags across the nation. Responsibility to give the news in an objective manner, which hopefully gives the reader, watcher or listener the chance to take several different views of a subject, giving him insight and other opinions so that the reader, listener, or watcher can actually make an informed and somewhat educated opinion. If that is the case, than I have succeeded in my personal mission.

The news is all too often dour, full of doom and gloom, and the people who write, or deliver the news can’t help but allow some of his personal feelings come through. The secret is keeping control of that emotion, and letting you decide which way to go.

Penelope Disick, Katy Perry, Madonna, Taylor Swift and Lindsay Lohan all would thank you for digesting the news before you make a final decision on whether to listen, or watch these people who are in the public TABLOID EYE-BALL and to catch them on one of their good days…..you know, we all have bad days.

HAVE A NICE DAY!