It is no secret around here that the media in today's climate is obsessed with fluff stories, rather than reporting what most of us would believe to be the real news of the day. There in fact was just a brilliant diary this morning regarding some of the causes of this, which made it to the top of the Recommended list, and which I could not agree with more.
Today's CNN front page takes fluff journalism to a whole new level. Here is a sampling of the content of CNN's front page, headline stories right now:
"Blaze Breaks out aboard U.S. Cruise shipt, 1 dead"
"Bus in deadly Chile crash unlicensed for tours"
"Pastor shot dead, wife and daughters missing"
"Troups act fast, free Iraq hostages" (arguably fluff)
"Woman missing since 14 was with school guard"
"Bouncer pleads not guilty in student's death"
"Report: Aruba has new lead in Natalee Hollowey case"
All of this fluff is on the so called leading "news" site. I understand you sometimes have slow news days, but this is reduculous.