The media needs to rethink how much time they spend on stories.

A good topic. Though i am not into journlism i would say that any newspaper or form of media focuses more towards business than providing the news based info. its all about selling...so they create the top stories that would be bought by the mass. Even if it is as small as a drop they know to make that drop into an ocean and sell it off... Maybe the wrong news or the unimoortnat ones leaving out on a lot of important or currrent issues..yet its all about making the public react and increase their sales.

Bill O'Reilly has been on vacation, so I've been watching his show all week to see who fills in. Sometimes you'll catch a good one. Anyway, last night it was Juan Williams (he deserves his own show, but I digress) and he interviewed Bernie Goldberg about this topic. I don't know if you or anyone else caught it... I have to agree with Bernie here. I hate borrowing someone else's words, but I cannot put it any better than Goldberg did, paraphrased: "There's an infinitely thin line between American celebrity and actual news. America's media today hasn't only crossed the line, they've obliterated it!" American media is too celebrity obsessed. And I know that Obama supporters hate hearing it, but the media (even anti-Obama media!) sacrificed what little credibility they had to make the man out to be a celebrity. And when it comes to actual, REAL celebrities, the media provides balls-to-the-wall friggin' all-out coverage that crosses redundant and ventures into the insanity category. Some pretty big celebrities have been coming out and claiming that Michael Jackson coverage has been racist. And while I in no way agree with that assessment (I still remember Kurt Cobain's coverage), I can see why they think the media is covering Jackson differently than, say, David Carradine: Jackson was a gargantuan celebrity, so his coverage has reflected that! Even still, no matter how disgusted I get at the media, I have to remind myself that if people didn't tune in to watch it (the ratings are always high with Jackson-like stories), they wouldn't be covering it to the point that stories like Iran get swallowed up. As far as Sanford goes, that's a little different in my mind. Three major networks had sold out to go completely political and completely liberal. While the networks might not be the MOST popular, they're still watched by millions respectively. The fact that Sanford could be labeled a family values Republican means that they would grill him well-done regardless. Other networks have no excuse.