Storm moved just a touch North again, not much different from the last reading as far as my house is concerned. A little bit worse for Melbourne. Landfall a scant few miles North of Vero Beach.

The family is out in the Living Room reading books, watching the news. According to the news local businesses, because of the prolonged wait, are telling workers that they have to come into work or they will lose their jobs. Local city officials and whatnot are threatening these businesses in news interviews, telling them that they can't do that.

Long ago, I might have been impressed - our elected representatives working hard to protect the people.

I am so disenchanted with the news and politics that I just get disgusted, wondering if there is any truth to the story at all or if the politicians and news media think that such stories will pacify us, make us feel safe. Case in point: just look at the recent story with the AP reporter who said that George W. Bush announced Clinton's impending Heart Surgery and wished him well. The reporter then said that thousands in the crowd "boo'd" and that the President did nothing to quell the negativity. As it turns out, if you listen to the audio of the event, no one "boo'd" at all. Lisa, a Blogger at RightVoices.Com reported that her father was at the event and said "Nope, no boo-ing" when asked about it.

(Thanks to Dan and Angi for pointing me to that article)

How can the media make something like that up out of whole cloth and get away with it? It's so infuriating!

I can't be the only one who is really beginning to hate these people, and the result is me listening to my local reporters and not trusting them at all, truthful or not. It's like the Boy Who Cried Wolf. If the Media doesn't start policing itself soon, there will be consequences as people like me simply turn them off and assume that most of what they say is a lie.

What a sad state of affairs.

Do you think independant internet news and bloggers will help fill the credibility void that is being created now?

Or am I just growing older and more cynical?

Posted by Michael at September 4, 2004 11:16 AM