And this is on the news site that seems to be the most informative. At least there were such informative news stories as an interview with Michelle Obama saying that their new dog is "crazy" and one about airline regs for the obese.
But I will withhold most criticism for MSNBC because the top story was about the potential Chrysler bankruptcy proceedings. That same informative quality cannot be said of CNN, who apparently has fired its entire Atlanta newsroom (or maybe they're lying when they say they are based there) and replaced it with Citizen Journalists, or iReporters.
God. Today there were videos of the Myrtle Beach fires (replacing CNN paying for the AP feed, which I'm sure is mega-expensive). But also on the page today is a great explanation about how the Taliban are nothing more than hyenas searching for blood, posted by infoaddict in Western, New York. There's also a great story about how video games are sure to save the Massachussets economy. How? Humans will turn into flesh-eating monsters. Trust me. Thanks, jrm125. Now I have the news.
And this whole tea party movement is a bit unfortunate. Although it seems that someone writing a story at 4AM thought, "dude, we sooo should call it 'teabagging.' You know why? Yeah, dude, you know it's when you..." Well, you get the picture. We can't even take real news stories on their face as news. That's just sad. And what did FOX do? Rather than taking the high road like a "fair and balanced" network would, they berated liberals for making a dirty sex joke, giving such reasons as America-hatred. Classy.
What's the lesson? Read Drudge. His journalistic ethics are getting quite admirable these days.
I would like to put in one note of defense for MSNBC.com. First Read is awesome. Of course, that's because they have Chuck Todd, and he can do no wrong.
ReplyDeleteI don't bother with the network sites otherwise for exactly the reasons you have stated. I prefer to go to the major newspaper sites. I know that their print readership is down, but they are still doing great work. The only sites you need are Washington Post, NY Times, and Wall Street Journal.
Well, and usmagazine.com, because without that, you might not know that Octomom is considering buying a pet pig and that Michelle Obama said the new dog is crazy. Oh wait...