Today's TV newscasts have given a new meaning to the adage that "no
news
is good news." The
pattern
of sensationalist reporting and barely examined
headlines
is almost totally lacking in a capacity to portray nuance and
detail.
The seemingly endless array of rapes, robberies, fires, and plane disasters -- not to mention the soap operatic "war" on terrorism -- is 9/10ths entertainment and closing in on irrelevent purity.