Notes from the Cafe Fiasco

Today's Metro "Top Story"

Dear Metro,

Like many commuters, I rely on the Metro to give me a quick overview of the news of the day on the way to work.

This morning I found that your incisive editorial judgement determined that Tiger Woods cracking up his car was the most news worthy story of the day. This is while the country is involved in the largest economic meltdown in 70 years and we are involved in two wars. This is the journalism that we are supposed to be upset about losing?

Since you seem to be rapidly becoming a Boston specific version of the TMZ website that you reference in your lead article, the only question left to me is whether I should even bother to pick up the Metro.  

My brain may be foggy in the morning, but it does actually work.  You no longer seem to be interested in this fact.

Regards,

MTS

Today's Headline

"Qualms Concerning the Lack of Intrinsic Existence"

-- Page 9, Summer Edition, The Snow Lion - a publication of Snow Lion Publications

100 Days

Came home after work and turned on the TV.  Brought up the Guide because I wanted to know when President Obama's news conference was.  Here's what I saw:

- NBC - 8pm - Presidential News Conference

- ABC - 8pm - Presidential News Conference

- CBS - 8pm - Presidential News Conference

-  Fox - 8pm - Lie to Me

Guess we know what the people at Fox think about the first 100 days.

Balance

Sent this off to Charlie Rose today:

Now that you've gone through the first round of interviewing the richest guys in the world (though you've managed to miss the Saudis - probably something to do with the Mideast mess) maybe, in the interest of balance, you could interview some really, really poor people.

I would find this a refreshing change.

Thanks!

Non-News Headline of the Week

Shoddy Construction Found at Homes in New Jersey
(New York Times, 4/1/05, Page B-3)

Yellow Bias

We've all heard about the alleged liberal bias of the media. Today Doctors without Borders released their list of the Top 10 Humanitarian Stories Top 10 Humanitarian Stories that have been ignored in the past year - pushed off of the agenda of news organizations by such critical topics as Michael Jackson and Scott Peterson.

The media doesn't have a liberal bias these days. It's got a yellow journalism bias.