Good morning everyone.
Well we've gotten our rain, finally.
It started early Sunday and hasn't let up since. Mostly sprinkles, but heavier at times. It certainly is washing the late summer pollen into the ground and raising the humidity everywhere inside and out.
Welcome relief from the sneezing attacks.
We came home from the farm Sunday, and I was looking forward to some world news regarding the Middle East but found nothing but lies and propaganda on the boob tube.
It's what made me recall the term boob tube.
What a wasteland the main stream media has become. There is no news fit for dissemination.
Monday morning I started sorting one half-hour news segment and found there was mostly straight-up commercials, then infomercials disguised as new products on the market, and constant reminders of a don't miss human interest story "coming right up" that strings you along until the last two minutes of the broadcast.
Interspersed throughout the half hour are self promotions of the news station itself and their awards for dubious reporting.
Then the parent corporations get their free ads for newly released movies and later evening sitcoms or shows.
All in all, about 6 minutes of actual news relevant to what is going on.
The weather and traffic is the only actual news given. And one of them is wrong 50% of the time.
Walter Cronkite must be rolling in his grave.
It certainly makes me appreciate this site, and many others, and realize how precarious our information chain is.
It could be broken at any moment (checks batteries in shortwave radio).
End rant.
Thread is open.